Child labor in the 1930's
Children picking tobacco
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The rate of child labor has decreased from the early 1800s to 1938 when FDR's Fair Labor Standards Act was signed on June 25, 1938. Some children worked on plantations to earn their own income. In some cases mothers took their children to work with them in the fields to earn extra money.Children working on tropical plantations are exposed to lethal substances(such as poison). many children who worked on farms lived in poverty also. Living conditions on plantations are often below average. Drinking water is often filled with fecal matter and medical facilities found on plantations are often unable to treat the dieses suffered by children. ("ILAB - III. Child Labor In Commercial Agriculture").
Lately child labor is not as common in the United States as in other countries but, there is controversy in the United States. American farm owners send their children to work on their farms as chores. Working children often work with unsafe farm machinery and tools that they are not always able to operate safely. For example, some children who cut sugar cane use heavy machetes that they cannot hold properly. When children perform chores that are simply too strenuous for them, such as carrying heavy or over sized loads of picked coffee, tea, tobacco, and other crops, they suffer from problems ranging from back injuries to permanent disabilities or deformities. ("ILAB - III. Child Labor In Commercial Agriculture").
Lately child labor is not as common in the United States as in other countries but, there is controversy in the United States. American farm owners send their children to work on their farms as chores. Working children often work with unsafe farm machinery and tools that they are not always able to operate safely. For example, some children who cut sugar cane use heavy machetes that they cannot hold properly. When children perform chores that are simply too strenuous for them, such as carrying heavy or over sized loads of picked coffee, tea, tobacco, and other crops, they suffer from problems ranging from back injuries to permanent disabilities or deformities. ("ILAB - III. Child Labor In Commercial Agriculture").