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 views and give your opinion.

In recent times,

children

are encouraged to work for money in many parts of the world in order to gain

experience

.

This

new trend is practised in many countries especially during summer and winter breaks. Some think it is a bad idea to introduce handling money at

young

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age while others think

jobs

that pay can help to gain

experience

and knowledge. Both sides of

this

argument will be analysed before a reasoned conclusion is drawn.

Firstly

, paying

children

at a very young age can be inappropriate as

this

can eventually encourage them to start leading an independent

life

allowing them to take their own decisions very early in

life

.

This

can

also

lead them to discontinue their studies.

For instance

, my brother always worked during his summer break for small scale companies that ultimately led to disinterest in academics and at the age of ,18 he dropped out of college and began work.

Although

he gained

experience

in his early adult

life

, it later became difficult to cope up with real working-class

life

.

However

, some people think paid

jobs

for

children

can fetch

experience

and improve their learning ability.

Although

this

holds good as the short term benefit, there are big chances for a child being misled in the wrong direction because the money being available at all times. Going through internship programs in school or college

life

, working for charity programs can

also

allow one to gain knowledge and understanding about the society in which they live. To sum up, albeit people think paid

jobs

can teach better values for

children

, education is the key factor in success. In my opinion,

children

should be discouraged from the idea of paid

jobs

and should be encouraged more on education, charity programs and so on which eventually can lead to gaining valuable knowledge and

experience

.