Merve AKTAŞ - 1

In many developing countries, children work in some form to bring in necessary income from an early age. In the first world, many people think this is damaging and wrong but others would argue that their work brings them a sense of contributing, belonging and responsibility. What is your opinion?

It is a crystal clear fact that child labour in the third world is dramatically increasing every passing day. On one hand several people believe that laboured children ought to accept a lot of liabilities and learn how to cope with the difficulties of life at early ages. On the other hand, many people think that these beliefs inevitably can lead children to defacing and unhealthy situations. Personally, I believe that no matter what the circumstances are paid works are harmful for children all over the world for several reasons.

The first and foremost reason why I do not support children's working is that children suffer from their weak abilities to distinguish the righteous and unrighteous issues. From numerous researches, it can be seen that a significant portion of the criminal tendency to commit an offence stems from the laboured children. Moreover, these situations both abet them to take drugs and alcohol. The second reason is that most of the people recognize that children are mainly employed in jobs that require manual works that are generally poorly paid for. According to the recent statistics, kids are generally assigned to washing dishes, mopping floors or selling napkins. Meanwhile, these sorts of jobs not only force them to drop out but also do not provide children with useful skills to apply in their future careers. I strongly defend that these are heavy burdens on the powerless shoulders of the children.

In contrast, a vast majority of people in the third world support that children can gain valuable experience in the work. They can readily run up against life's hardships and herewith they get the chance to encounter the facts of the real world at early ages. Also, worker children wrestle lightly with their hassles. In many countries, children have to work in order to support their families' situations. These conditions not only increase the awareness of children about actual life, but also causes them to become conscious individuals. For example, if we compare wealthy and miserable countries in the world, we can come to the conclusion that the children of the third world countries are more equipped to cope with the difficulties to be responsible at a early ages, as well as being able to empathize mentally more. Furthermore, most of them pull down more money than some of the people who even have high educational levels. When all these situations are considered, one can come to the result that working children under these conditions are more mindful, capable and forceful.

Consequently, people split in two groups; those who believe that it is a cruel burden on children to compel them to work, which no doubt is a nasty behaviour. Conversely, others who think that working children are more beneficial for the society and working encourages them to be more responsible, concious and aware individuals. I can free heartedly believe that this view is highly atrocious.