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In the United States, child labor ended in around the 1900s, but it is still prevalent in other countries to this day. As I looked through a collection of photos of child labor in many Middle Eastern and Asian countries, the photo above really stood out. In the photo a child is working in a metal factory. He is very dirty. The child is also working with very heavy and dangerous machinery that a child should probably not be touching. If you look in the background, the working conditions are also horrendous. Although America has evolved and developed child labor laws to protect children, many countries have not reached this point yet.
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Even though in the minds of many Americans child labor is a thing of the past, in many other countries, child labor is still very common. Throughout the Middle East and in different Asian countries, child labor is currently still striving. The work that the children do is typically hard and physical labor, and the children are working in inadequate conditions where the work places are often dirty, dangerous, and unhealthy. In the picture above, a child is working in a metal factory in Bangladesh. As you can see, the child is very dirty. He is also working with dangerous and heavy machinery, and the boy is not wearing any protective clothing. I feel that people in America are in doubt about what is going on in these other countries. Most people assume that other countries have labor laws like we do, but that is not true. Many countries probably have more children working than adults. These children typically do not have an education, and instead of school, they are sent off to work each and every day.
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