Childhood is a wonderful time

Childhood is a wonderful time indeed. To play, learn, absorb and develop one’s mind, body and soul. Spending time doing all of the above, some of us wish we never grew up, and some of us just refused to.

 

There are some things have been able to bring people from all over the world together. Soccer. Saving the whales. Then, of course, there's child labor (the use of kids in business). Ensuring the basic rights of children to a healthy and educational childhood is something that many people can agree is a solid goal.

Unfortunately, the realities are not so simple, particularly in places that have only relatively recently started developing industrial economies. An example of this is India. Child labor has been a longstanding practice in India, especially in rural areas where all members of a family traditionally worked from a young age. Recently, the nation has tried to change this with new policies against child labor. Many of these have been successful, with the overall percentage of working children declining. However, with India's rapid population growth, the actual number of child workers is actually growing, including possibly millions of children. That's a lot. Turns out, not everyone quite feels the same about this issue just yet.