Child Labor

"Faces of Child Labor (PHOTOS)"
Published on 9/29/2012
Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/29/faces-of-child-labor_n_1924274.html?ir=Business

Child Labor has been around ever since the Industrial Revolution. Agriculture was turning into industry and needed a lot of labor. Having children work was thought to be useful, since more work done was needed, and it was cheaper. This idea seems to be something from decades or even centuries ago, but has it even stopped? Child labor is still around all over the world and plans to have it stopped by the year 2016 are moving slow. "The U.S. Labor Department this week released a report that found 134 products in 17 countries that may have ties to child or forced labor" (Huffington Post). It is just disturbing knowing that children who should be playing outside with friends are carrying labor. Apparently, companies like Chuck E. Cheese and Hershey use child labor, disobeying the laws. They were fined for disobeying the laws and hopefully whichever other company that uses child labor, will get punished for it too. Children need to learn, grow, play, and enjoy their childhood. They are not supposed to be working for the benefit of economy.