Child labor
Child labor
Child labor (pronounced: /ˈtʃaɪld ˈleɪbər/) refers to the exploitation of children through any form of work that deprives them of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful.
Etymology
The term "child labor" is derived from the English words "child", meaning a young person, and "labor", meaning work or toil. The term has been in use since the 19th century, during the Industrial Revolution, when the exploitation of child workers was common.
Related Terms
- Child exploitation: The use of children for someone else's advantage, gratification, or profit often resulting in unjust, cruel, and harmful treatment of the child. These activities are to the detriment of the child's physical or mental health, education, moral or social-emotional development.
- Child trafficking: The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of children for the purpose of exploitation.
- Child rights: The rights that ensure the necessary health and well-being of all children. They are the essential human rights of all human beings below the age of 18.
- Forced labor: Any work or services which people are forced to do against their will under the threat of some form of punishment.
- Industrial Revolution: The transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the US, in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.
- Minimum age for work: The lowest age defined by law that a child can work. If it is set below the age of 16, this is considered child labor.
See Also
- Child labor laws
- Child labor in the United States
- Child labor in the United Kingdom
- Child labor in India
- Child labor in Africa
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Child labor
- Wikipedia's article - Child labor
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