Wednesday 3 June 2015

Challenges Involved

   There are many problems/challenges that go along with child labour in China. The children get taken away from their homes, they can't get an education, they work up until their adult years, and then have to work again until they retire (but, they have to have money in order to do that!), and even die. 

      Firstly, they get taken from their homes, because their parents can't look after them. It's a very big challenge, for both the parents and siblings, because they all have to cope with the fact that they will never see them again, and for some families it's so tough, that they just can't deal with it any more, and some people even die from depression. I mean it's not like the parents want to give their child away! To us Canadians and every other country, we don't realize how HUGE of a deal this really is...

        Secondly, they can't get an education. That's actually terrible! You hear Canadian and American children always complaining about the fact that they hate school and never want to go and sometimes even skip. In China, the kids would KILL to get an education, and would value it dearly. Also, when they grow up, they are completely clueless, and don't even know the basic math problems, or they don't even know how to read! If you don't know how to read, good luck. It's a major challenge for all adults that were put through child labour, because they don't know anything, except how to make a t-shirt, and that ability can only go so far.

     Thirdly, when they finally break through the age and can stop child labour, it's not as easy as you think.  As soon as they hit adulthood, they must go out and try to get money, (but they get paid less than minimum wage), and have to try and raise a family! It's like a cycle. Problems occurring left, right, and centre.This life is not as fun as you'd imagine either. Some parents/grown ups just can't deal with this stress, and it puts even more stress on the kids, and then parents can't look after them and then the cycle resets. It's a terrible life actually, but some people just don't see it.

    Lastly, in previous posts' I've stated that some children in China die because of the heat and exhaustion, and I'm hoping now you see why. They are working all day everyday, for the rest of their days. It's a challenge for them, because no one teaches them how to use equipment, however they are punished severely if they don't do it right. They are struggling just to stay alive, and you might think why don't they just run away and go somewhere else to live? Well, how can they? They can't just move away at the age of five, and take care of themselves. No one is teaching them survival skills, so they wouldn't even last a week. 



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