Should children be allowed to have jobs?
...ren are employed. Children may work for a number of reasons: economic necessity, pocket money, saving for personal goods, contributing to the family income or to obtain experience that later may proof useful. Even though there may be benefits to this, there also are potential disadvantages for children. Employment may expose kids to risks and compromise their competing needs for education and play. Also, if kids work during school years, tend to do less school work, perform worse that those who don’t and eventually leave school at a younger age. In other words, the harder the work is, the more adverse the effect of school performance tends to be. In work situations children face grater risks than adults because of their vulnerability, their level of physical and cognitive development and inexperience deali...