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. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

The issue of children doing paid work is a complex and sensitive one. it is difficult to say who has the right to judge whether youth working is ‘wrong’ or ‘valuable’. Opinions will

also

differ as to ‘learning’ benefits: no doubt teachers and factory owners,

for example

, would have varying concerns. An important consideration is the kind of production undertaken. Young minor doing arduous and repetitive tasks on a factory production line,

for example

, are less likely to be ‘learning’ than older adolescent helping in an old people’s home. There are health and safety issues to be considered as well. It is an unfortunate fact that many employers may prefer to use the services of children simple to save money by paying them less than adults and it is

this

type of exploitation that should be discouraged. There is a big possibility that those working kids are influenced by different types of people they are working with and some lead them to a malevolent way.

For example

, most of the working kids in the factory start smoking and even abuse drugs at a very early age. Some kids are engaged in full-time jobs to support their family and

thus

how completely destroying their education.

However

, in many countries youth trial because their families need the additional income, no matter how small.

This

was certainly the case in the past in many industrialized countries, and it is very difficult to judge that it is wrong for children today to contribute to the family income in

this

way. A working child in many cases is the only earring member for many families. So their support is invaluable and they can’t leave the jobs no matter how hazardous the job is.

Nevertheless

, in better economic circumstances, few parents would choose to send their youngster out to full-time paid effort. If learning responsibilities and work experience are considered to be important,

then

juvenile can acquire these by having light, part-time jobs or even doing tasks

such

as helping their parents around the family home, which are unpaid, but undoubtedly of value in offspring development.