Have you ever seen a beaming child proudly display a colorful logo-embroidered t-shirt as a prize from a recent family trip? There is a good chance that the shirt was sewn by child laborers who will never be able to afford such fun trips, new clothes, or vacation souvenirs (Independent Media Center, 2002). Every year, the trafficking and labor of children produces $10 billion worth of trade. It is endemic in desperately poor areas of the world. In countries where parents cannot afford to feed their families, selling a child’s labor to someone who can teach a trade and possibly send the child to school seems more reasonable than keeping children at home to starve. In other instances, children are orphaned or lured from desperate situations by the promise of opportunities and education in faraway cities. Often these promises are merely a marketing tool. Instead, children are crushed by the futility of their situation and the danger of their tasks. They find themselves far from home and often beaten or frightened into submission (LaFranier, 2006).

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Nearly 211 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 are part of the worldwide work force and are engaged in work that falls under the international definitions of child labor (International Labor Organization, 2000). UNICEF counts seven main types of child labor, including domestic service, forced and bonded labor, commercial sexual exploitation, industrial or plantation labor, street work, and work for the family (Bellamy, 1997; Global Fund for Children, 2002). Much of this work, according to standards set in 1999 by the International Labor Organization (ILO), is “harmful or hazardous to health, safety, or morals of girls and boys under 18 years of age” (ILO/IPEC, 2003). Play the video to see children from Albania, the Philippines, and Nicaragua (in that order) — all of whom have been exploited in the workforce and in the sex trade. More test answers on https://studyhippo.com/lifespan-development-chapter-13-2/

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