When does children's work become child labour?

Q: When does children's work become child labour? Children's work is a broad term that includes both worst forms of child labour at one extreme and beneficial work contributing to the child's development at the other. All work performed by children under the age of 18 is not necessarily child labour. read more

Children's work is a broad term that includes both worst forms of child labour at one extreme read more

Most Michels labor begins, as you say, by child work. It is typically at the request of family members to assist with debts and needs. When a child takes work of any kind and the family reaps the reward - it is labor. read more

Although child labor has existed to some extent for thousands of years, the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century was the turning point for an explosion of child labor. During the Industrial Revolution, most families relied on their children to work. read more