In many countries children are engaged in some kind of paid work. Some people regard this as completely wrong, while others consider it as valuable work experience, important for learning and taking responsibility. What are your opinions on this?

In many parts of the
world people
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world, people
are engaged in lots of paid
work
and these people not only include
adults but
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adults, but
also
children at the
age
of 10-15 years and some are even below the
age
of 10 years
also
. The
work
allocated to them could be of many types including labour, acting, tutoring and various other
type
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types
of
work
. There is a particular
age
for people to get into some paid
work
from where they become more matured and responsible. Children at
such
a low
age
will not be able to understand the meaning of
work
rather they would just indulge in
money
that they are getting in reward for the
work
done by them which will not teach them a valuable
experience
. In other terms if they are assigned a
work
in which they are
also
able to develop new skills by learning and become more mature by
experience
then
conjunction used in comparatives
than
such
a
work
becomes a valuable one and teaches children lessons of life which are worth remembering for the whole life. There are many parts of the world where poor children because of their
deprivity
moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
depravity
have to
work
on
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in
at
with
restaurants and buildings to earn a living and feed their family as well.
Such
children start at
such
a young
age
that
there
of them or themselves
their
childhood is totally ruined in doing that
work
. They are not able to get enough education and are not able to be developed. If similar kinds of
work
could be done by some other children with their parents having enough
money
then
it could make children indulge in a feeling of
money
mindedness
which could ruin a
child
's future as that
child
will not be able to focus on their studies and
as a result
will give less importance to studies as compared to the
money
they are getting to
fulfill
put in effect
fulfil
their desired needs. Acting is
also
prevalent amongst children at a low
age
and parents find that fascinating and in order to promote that they take them to reality shows where their acting skills are judged and following that they take part in the competition in which they might win or lose. Losing a competition at
such
a high level could make them feel dejected at
such
an early
age which
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age, which
altogether ruins their childhood and wakes up a feeling of competitiveness in those children.
On
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With
each and every day of competition children
feel
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feels
nervous, pressurised, stressed and anxious about their
performance which
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performance, which
could make them prone to
such
a chronic disease of stress at
such
a young
age
that some of them are even not able to cope up with it which ruins their life as a whole.
On the other
hand if
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hand, if
they are given
work
experience
in the field in which they are interested in or which makes them learn and grow as an individual at an early
age
then
why not. There are many examples of young adults becoming a CEO of a reputed company at an early
age which
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age, which
makes them far ahead of people who are at par with their
age
.
This
opportunity is only provided to them if they are working and developing new skills at an early
age
of a teenager.
This
might increase their learning power and improve their abilities and skills. All of the efforts are successful if the
child
has
laerning
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learned
learning
learnt
attitude as compared to a
money
minded attitude. To encapsulate above mentioned points and examples strengthen my stand and
i
refers to the speaker or writer
I
disagree with the statement that paid
work
will provide a valuable
experience
and is important for learning and taking responsibility rather education is more important for a
child
as compared to
work
experience
, a
child
may get
work
experience
later on but education is very important to get completed at an early
age
which makes a
child
aware of their surroundings and conditions on the basis of which they can take their
next
step.

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  • Child labor
  • Exploitation
  • Minimum age
  • Work experience
  • Survival
  • Taking responsibility
  • Education
  • Poverty
  • Legal restrictions
  • Physical toll
  • Psychological impact
  • Cultural perceptions
  • International conventions
  • Economic impact
  • Work-study programs
  • Skilled labor
  • Unskilled labor
  • Developing economies
  • Moral implications
  • Professional development
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