How was childrens life affected in the

industrialization period.

Children are just growing up learning new

things everyday, getting to know the world
better and better each day. Now imagine
being a child and having to work in a factory
which was very dangerous and having little
to no experience using these big machines
and being pulled out of school at only 13
years old.

In the years 1890-1905, there was many

variations of children's lives many went to
school however the one who did not were
forced to work in factories or working on
family farms and some children did all
three they worked in factories and worked
on family farm and went to school imagine
that being a kid and having to due that
much. Adults nowadays say they are
stressed if they have to do a lot. Imagine
being these kids and having to work in
factories at very high risks and having little
to no experience.

Businesses liked to hire children

because often they were not paid or
paid very little so it would cost the
businesses nothing and they would
be able to get their product out and
make all the =money on it because
they did not need to pay anyone.
When children did earn wages they
would earn very little they would ear
10 to 20 percent of male and female
production workers to put that in to
perspective the average male and
female production worker would
make $375 and 10 percent of that is $37.5 and 20 percent would be $75 dollars could you
even imagine working 16 hours a week as a child and making at most $75 dollars
that's crazy if you ask me.
Businesses would also hire kids because
they could do work that adults might not be
able to do because of their size but children
are small and flexible so they can fit into
tight areas. Don't even get me started on
how they treated them. They treated
children like slaves, they were just there to
do all the dirty work so the people running
the factories could make a lot of money and
be fine with their lives while these kids
struggle everyday working. Sometime these
children were even locked up and forced to
work long hours but some businesses
thought they were doing a favor by feeding
the children and not letting them starve but that's the least they could do for these children.

In 1959 there was a law that made

child labour illegal and making it a
crime however this does not mean
its the end still do this day child
labour is going on and its unfair to
these kids who are being forced to
work you may not know it but some
of your favorite brands have been
accused of child labour in 1970 nike
was accused of child labour. In
Canada over 1,200 companies are
importing goods produced by a child
62 percent of these kids are boys and
the number of girls is not available as it is more hidden.

Children had it pretty bad during this time I think you could agree with me on this one.
Children were treated like slaves and it was not fair to these poor kids. Imagine if you were
that kid who instead of going to school you worked in a factorie for 16 hours a week forced
to work in such bad conditions and were doing adult jobs at the age of 13. Being locked up
and forced to work long hours doing all the dirty work for these companies to make more
money because they did not pay or they paid you so little this time was not fair to these kid
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