Lets Talk it Over.

Questions and Answers: (My own Interview-Please feel free to answer those questions in the responses area)

1. Have you ever heard of Child Labor anywhere around the world? (Other than India)

I have heard of the issue of Child Labor in many of the developing countries, such as China. Child Labor is also widespread in developing nations such as Africa. 

2. What do you think of the Issue?

I personally think it is a forgotten issue. Yes, people may want to focus on "more" important issues like nuclear weapons, the Middle East and the economic crisis but children are still the innocence we all fail to pay enough attention to. What I am trying to explain is that no matter what problems are going on in the world today, children should not be out being tortured and working to live. They should all be safe and protected because they deserve the right to live as freely as any other child out there. 

3. I would like to ask you to put yourself in a parent of a child worker's shoes, would you let your children go to work for 12 hours a day? You have a very low income, and you are too sick to support your family by yourself. 

Instead of letting my children suffer, I would seek help. Even if it is the hardest thing I can do, I will try to find my children a better home to live in until I get better and I am able to support them .I would not have children if I did not have the money to support them because I know where children who come from families with very low incomes end up. 

*End of Interview*

In the end, I believe that our role as humans is to educate others. We should educate people and women in developing countries about the negative aspects of Child Labor. We should educate our family members and friends about the different cases of Child Labor issues and hope that they will join us in this fight for Human Rights and Freedom. 

Lets Clear it Out.

So you are probably wondering why the blog posts are in three different colors. Well, since my topic is about Child Labor in India, I am choosing to color the posts just like the flag (as shown to the right).

The titles of the blog posts, on the other hand, are titles of different motivational songs that somehow relate to the blog post topic. Looking forward to discussing different matters with you!

Someday Well Know.

Wars, Suicides, Genocide. All of these problems are disturbing, and unfortunately we hear about them in the news daily. Those are all very important issues to discuss but I believe that in order to spread change, we must tackle the little issues first and then move on to the bigger issues. Why did I chose to spread awareness and talk about Child Labor and not any other issue? The reason is because I had a wonderful childhood and I am very thankful. To hear about children who have to work instead of enjoy and live a worry-less life is heartbreaking. Children under the age of fifteen should not work, if they do work its for experience and not in order to support their families and themselves. When this happens, this means that something is terribly wrong. My main goal here is to understand why child labor is still happening to young children in developing countries? Where are the adults? I believe that even if it is not easy, adults should work and have the children stay at home with the relative. Working in such dangerous conditions such as mines and trying to work huge factory machines is dangerous to the child's health. No child should experience such conditions and situations as a child. 

A few hours ago, I attended a lecture by an author called Firoozeh Dumas and as one of her jokes she says, "The friends I had as a child said that the smell of nutmeg and vanilla, but because I was from an oil producing area in Iran, the smell of oil reminded me of my childhood." (Dumas, Firoozeh) What will the children who are working in factories say about their childhood? Will they talk about how the smoke permanently damaged their lungs for the rest of their lives? Or how the scars they have are not from falls or from playing a sport but from being tortured for not working at a fast pace? What do you think? 

 I believe that this is one issue I will never understand. 

Please click here to learn more about Child Labor in India.