Human Rights at Home and Abroad: Past, Present, and Future
Human Rights at Home and Abroad: Past, Present, and Future
Human Rights at Home and Abroad: Past, Present, and Future
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It is said th<strong>at</strong> a person‘s childhood is the ―best years‖ of their lives. If one was to miss the<br />
thrilling, fun-filled adventures of childhood, it could very well affect their adult lives (Bagadgeri). A child<br />
needs room to grow for themselves, to feel freedom <strong>and</strong> independence. If one is sent to work with so<br />
much responsibility as such a young child, they miss out on all of those things, plus more. They do not<br />
learn how to make social rel<strong>at</strong>ionships with children their own age, they are not shown compassion th<strong>at</strong><br />
most children get, <strong>and</strong> it will affect them for the rest of their lives (Bagadgeri). One result of child labor in<br />
their adult lives is not being able to ―unconditionally love‖ (Bagadgeri). They will love their families <strong>and</strong><br />
want to take care of them, but they will see no harm in doing to their children exactly wh<strong>at</strong> was done to<br />
them. If they were to not send their children to help make money for their house, it could be seen as poor<br />
parenting (Bagaderi). However, if the children are not sent away to school, it can cre<strong>at</strong>e many brain<br />
developing problems, such as illiteracy (Knowledge). For present day workers, it it really hard for people<br />
to get a job with out a college degree. Many people who have been a loyal employee to a company, are<br />
losing their jobs to young adults who are fresh out of college, because they are considered well-educ<strong>at</strong>ed.<br />
If people keep losing their jobs in the same trend th<strong>at</strong> is happening now, they will struggle to hold a job<br />
th<strong>at</strong> will pay enough for them to take care of their family (knowledge). If th<strong>at</strong> isn‘t enough to convince<br />
someone not to make children work this young, there is also the fact th<strong>at</strong> children die every day from<br />
being over-worked. Each year, millions of children work in grueling <strong>and</strong> extremely dem<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
conditions which will most likely leave them with health problems th<strong>at</strong> will eventually kill them<br />
(Conditions).<br />
Child labor has gone on for far too long. Thous<strong>and</strong>s of American citizens have no idea th<strong>at</strong> young<br />
children are still working illegally, <strong>and</strong> being tre<strong>at</strong>ed unfairly, right under their noses. People are more<br />
caught up with the products they are getting, then how they came to be. Would you ever think th<strong>at</strong> the<br />
blueberries you bought could have possibly cost a young child his life? America is extremely unaware<br />
<strong>and</strong> uniformed of how cruel the tre<strong>at</strong>ment of working children can be <strong>and</strong> <strong>at</strong> how young of an age it can<br />
begin. However, there‘s hope th<strong>at</strong> it can be stopped. Organiz<strong>at</strong>ions, such as UNICEF, fundraise <strong>and</strong> hold<br />
protests to try <strong>and</strong> spread the realiz<strong>at</strong>ion of child labor <strong>and</strong> the effects it has on the world. Organiz<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
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