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?

All over the world, it is possible to see

children

performing duties and earning money for it. While some decry

this

conduct, others believe that it helps

children

to develop important abilities that might help them in the future.

This

essay partially agrees that

work

could be beneficial to a child and will explain why in the

next

paragraphs.

To begin

with, people who are against the possibility of letting

children

work

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efend that youngsters should prioritize their time to academical activities. Letting

children

work

,

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in our modern society, which

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on profit, could damage

children

's process of learning and might affect their mental health. A study published by Carnegie University, in Australia, showed that young people - under fourteen years old - who are enrolled in repetitive and stressful job positions, usually, deal with depression and anxiety more frequently than their peers.

Nevertheless

, there are cases in which the possibility of learning practical skills could not only help

children

to develop responsibility but

also

help them to understand the value of working. A child who has the opportunity to develop those skills earlier in life is more likely to deal with

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ompetitive world and succeed in the future.

For instance

, in my family, when my father was only eleven, he was allowed to help the neighbours to

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maintain

their backyard clean and

also

feed their animals; he earned a few coins for each worked day. Those simple tasks did not require a lot of time and physical effort from my father but they helped him to learn the importance of assuming responsibility in society. My father

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believes that

this

opportunity made him more adaptable and mature to face future life obstacles. To conclude, stimulating

children

to engage

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some kind of job position might be more complicated than it seems and parents should

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pay attention to correctly evaluate the physical and mental conditions of

work

before making any decision.

Furthermore

, the environment that a child will be surrounded should

also

be considered. In some cases,

children

could be enormously benefited with the opportunity of working early in life.