- Give reasons for condemning child labor (10 marks)
- To improve education i.e. children have to be informed of their rights.
- To reduce child prostitution.
- To avoid children ending up getting involved in drug abuse.
- To discourage early marriages by young children.
- Children can end up knowing money at early age and hence causes habit of stealing when there is shortage of capital/money.
- To improve child growth and development.
- Give possible interventions to eliminate child labor.
- Enforcing laws on child rights.
- Educating children about their rights through the curriculum.
- Empowering community leaders and local administration.
- Organizing lobby groups at community levels.
- Setting help /reporting desks at community levels.
Associated life skills
- Negotiation — Get the parent’s views/opinions about child labor and makes them understand the negative effects of child labor.
- Assertiveness —We should teach our children to be assertive i.e. to express their views clearly and firmly without disrespecting others/their parents.
- Decision making — Community can make a decision to stop child labor.
- Empathy— Children forced with labor deserve empathy.