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Nowadays, many children
involved in different types of jobs to have some kind of financial assurance
for themselves. However, whether this is good for their development and
personality is a controversial issue. I personally believe that paid works is
harmful for children for several reasons.
It is
said that children gain valuable experience in the work place. This may be
true. However, I would argue that children are mainly employed in jobs that
require manual work and are poorly paid. The recent statistics reveal the
common tasks that children are assigned to are washing dishes, mopping floors
or serving food in restaurants. Meanwhile, this kind of jobs actually do not provide children with necessary and
useful skills to apply in their futurecarrer.
This brings me to
the second point. Defenders of child labourargues that it is an effective method of
learning. The point is children should be able to apply knowledge taught to
them in a real life working environment. Although this is undoubtedly true, it
also means that children may neglect the classroom study and even fail the
class. The worst thing is yet to come. They may become so preoccupied with the
benefits ahead of them such as small salary that they may leave school.
Finally,
supporters say that it helps them to build responsibility in the family. They
will understand how it is difficult to earn money and therefore have compassion
for their parents. This is true to a certain extent, but may have a totally
adverse effect on children. As children can make money at an early age, they
would feel that it is appropriate to spend it on luxury things.
In conclusion, I
think that parents should take measures to restrict their child from work,
otherwise it would have negative consequences to their future.
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