Topic > The Pros and Cons of Child Labor - 925

In fact, it will create more difficulties for children and their families. Families will have to look for income elsewhere, perhaps sending their children to work in gangs, prostitution, human trafficking or more harmful illicit activities. In the documentary A Kind Of Childhood directed by Catherine Masud and Tareque Masud in 2002 footage of a young Bangladeshi boy called Idris and some other children who called themselves "Singing Children" was shown. The film showed the complexities of urban life and the choices children must make to survive. In the film, Idri's parents separated when he was eight years old due to his father's disability which prevented him from working. At that tender age he was left to fend for himself and also support his half-brother and his father who is considered “an invalid”. He lost his first job at the age of nine while working in a garment factory. This came after the US Congress moved to protect children's rights by banning imports of clothing made by children. He and thousands of other children were forced onto the streets. He struggled to stay in school while facing the harsh reality of having to work to care for himself, his father and his younger brother. Idris had no other alternative. No one to turn to, because everyone around him was looking for something to say, a way to do it