A girl not more than ten years of
age trying to lift quite a healthy kid up, who I am sure was heavier than her,
to a ride. She loses her balance in an effort to do so. This was a scene I got
to see at a famous fast food restaurant play area. Yes! That little girl was a
servant to a big happy family. The parents sit alone and dine in while the
servants babysit the mischievous kids. Babysitting of course includes feeding
them, taking full care of them that they don’t get lost and also bearing with
all their stubbornness.
Getting help of a servant is not
bad at all, it’s just you should at least consider the age of a person before
you hire him/her. How can you expect a kid, who herself/himself is not able to carry
her/his own burden, to help you in a task you yourself can’t do alone? Think
about your own kids for a while; what if they are made to do stuff you expect
the little servants to do. You of course dread seeing that.
If women are too insecure of
their female servants that they will steal away their husbands, they should be
equally uncomfortable with their men sexually harassing these little servants.
You cannot deny the fact that this happens a lot. Men should also take care of
the fact that the servant they hire should be old enough to carry the burden of
the work load they assign them.
Another excuse people give for child
labor is that the children’s parents themselves bring the kids to them for this
purpose. You cannot just blame them about it. You are equally at fault when you
hire them than their parents or maybe more. If you are kind enough to help
them, be sensible in doing so. Spend some money on their kids’ education and
give them a better future. Getting them enrolled to a not-so-expensive school won’t
be a tough job. You just will have to cut down your dine out routines a bit to
help them.
People hire these little children
not just as their domestic servants but also to their workplaces. One of the
main reasons is that you get it cheap. Tea-stalls, workshops or any other place
you see the kids working; it’s always the job tougher than they can bear. Worse
is when the same little angels are made to do harsher jobs like molding bricks
or making glass bangles. We should make an effort to bring a relief to these
kids in some way. Even a change in our attitude or just a kind word can make a
difference at times.
Just look at the kids who work at your houses
or workplaces for a change and think about it; do they really deserve doing
what they are? What if it was your kid instead of that poor soul? How do they
feel, when they look at all those luxuries you provide your kids with, living
at your house? I am sure you will feel bad. If you can’t do any good for them;
stop doing bad. If you feel bad for them or their families; hiring them is not
a solution. Walk in their shoes for a while and think of better ways to help
them. Say no to child labor. It’s a crime, it’s a curse!
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