Child Labour

The term “Child Labour” is used to describe the illegal and unethical employment of children for menial work. It snatches the childhood from the children and makes them vulnerable in life. They don’t go to school, don’t play, and don’t have fun as normal children do. Children are forced to work in unacceptable conditions, which even the grownups will shrug off. They are forced to sleep hungry and spend their childhood in poverty.

Sometimes, the children are forced into child labour, by their own parents/guardians, though unwillingly, in order to supplement the family’s income. But even the consent of their parents in no way lessens their loss and the pain they feel. Child Labour is a blot on the nation and its people. A nation where children are exploited for money can never progress.

Whenever a child loses his/her right to education, nourishment and other necessary privileges; the nation also loses its potential to grow. Any growth with suffering children in the background is temporary and also irrelevant. As long as we fail to protect the rights of our children, the nation fails too. If the very basic fundamental rights of children are compromised, we cannot progress and prosper.

Poor, hungry, uneducated and tired from work children, should be the main concern of the government and society. Child Labour laws should be made more strong and implemented strongly. We all must work together to free every child from the cage of child labour. Only then we would be free in a true sense and be also proud of it.