My take on Child Labor

tingin mo, should we tolerate child labor???

In 2006, without a job, i spend my afternoons watching noontime shows.. there was this episode of wowowee were they got children to play in one of their games... people who enter the contests are usually below the poverty line, hoping that the program can help put foods in their mouths... in the episode i was talking about, the contestants, instead of going to school are forced to collect pieces of plastic and scraps of metal to sell in junk shops in exchange for a few coins which is not even enough for subsistence... i can't stop myself from crying (kelangan ko na talaga magkatrabaho) as i listen to the contestant's stories... it reminded me of one of the documentary shows where they featured children working in factories instead of going to school.. and since they are just minors, the employer can pay them way below the minimum wage rate... they tell us that it is the right of every child to have an education... instead of creating better opportunities by practicing thier right to an education, the children of poor families put their lives and future on the line to feed their families... depriving one's right is wrong... one would immidiatley think that we must completely eradicate child labor and put these children back to were they belong, in school... but i think otherwise, although it sounds deviant, i strongly belive that we should legalize child labor...

though many would say that child labor is bad and is probably against any society's norms, kasama na dun ang UN na namboboycot ng countries na legal ang child labor, if we could look into the situation more closely, you guys might also agree with me... ganto kasi yun... some employers employ minors because children have small hands and can peform meticulous jobs like sewing buttons or assembling fireworks, etc... another reason why employing children is illegal, employers can pay them way below the minimum wage rate... edi tipid sila! now, why do minors look for jobs? primarily because of poverty... they need money to put foods in their mouths... their parent's income is not enough for subsitence... pwede rin na kelangan nila ng baon sa school... (meron nga libreng paaral ang gobyerno, may libre pasahe ba sila, libreng libro or libreng baon?)... now, if we "protect" their rights and not let them work, anong mangyayari? magugutom sila, hindi sila makakapasok sa school kasi wlang perang pamasahe at pangkain... at pag sinuwerte ang mga batang to at hindi sila namatay sa gutom, marami sakanila ang tatandang mahirap, dahil hindi nga sila nakapag aral, and their children would suffer what they suffered when they were kids... it would just be a viscious cycle... now, if we legalize child labor, kids can work and help their families... and when it is legalize, at least the government can monitor the employment of minors... they can set bounderies so that children can still go to school and are paid fairly... hindi yung may pera nga, wala naman nang oras para pumasok sa eskwelahan... and if ever maging successful ang current laws naten against child labor at nawala na lahat ng bakas ng child labor, anong kakainin ng mga batang ito? hindi naman sapat yung kinikita ng magulang nila para mabuhay sila at tska kahit illegal ang child labor, patuloy parin naman ito eh, at least mawawala sa underground ang childlabor and abuses on children can be minimized if not eradicated...

DIBA??

sa lahat ng nasabi ko, isa lang ang tanong ko.... anong gagawin mo kung umuwi ang magulang mo sainyo na may dalang affidavit na nagsasabing dinagdagan ng "Jejomar " ang first name mo?