Why present world is against child labor? Because 1. It is against their physical and/or mental ability 2. They are forced or obliged to do so for food or shelter 3. It is against their educational time or spirit. 4. It might be risk oriented 5. It is considered with same belief the way we consider our labor.
If a situation found where a child is producing or serving something for money but above 1 to 4 number situations are absent then what will you do?
In this situation this work is like playing at the same time earning. Why should you always support a playing where a child will not earn, where one might be winner and happy another will be loser or unhappy?
I always believe in child’s empowerment. A child is born with no land, no house, no earning ability, no workplace, no money, no assets, no education, no self educating ability, no recognition etc. They are completely dependent upon parent’s belief, love, mercy, ability, identity etc. They love their parent’s very much, so they very often fail to understand their actual situation. A big part of human beings remain unemployed.
All crimes develop in this poor condition of a child. A child learns not to saying truth, remain as a slave, support exploitation, support discrimination, might is right, live in harassment, lower class culture, suppressing his desires, classified society etc. He might prepare himself to take revenge in future for any crime committed against him for his or his parent’s poverty. He might survive thinking him a burden for his parents, he might be forced not to go to school, to do laborious or risky jobs etc. Child poverty is the mother of all crime.
Should you consider child labor the way you work in a lower class culture? If you do laborious something you cannot take rest when you feel like taking or you are doing something which you do not want to do or want to do in a different way or you are working under a narrow minded /cruel boss or you are doing important job but paid very less etc.
A work can be done with physical labor, mental labor or simply spending time in doing simple tasks. All 3 kinds or work is good if you want to do willingly. I am against child labor but in favor of child empowerment with earning ability.