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Child Labour In Australia Essay

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Hundreds of millions of families are living on the streets with no job or a lack of money. So if companies are willing to give children a chance and hire younger children in South Australia to help out the family when the family cannot, that would save hundreds of families and get them at least some food or a home. There are quite a lot of job shortages in Australia. So making jobs legal for children (at least above the age of 10), would help the number of staff shortages in Australia. Working at a young age also helps the kid learn responsibility. So when your child has a wife and children, working at a young age will teach them to actually help around the house and not be a lazy husband and sit on the couch and let the wife do everything. Kids also always want more and more things. But most of the time, the parent will say no because the thing they want usually costs way too much money. However, if companies hire younger children and make working at a young age legal in other states, your child is …show more content…

Having a job teaches you responsibility, and you will understand the value of a dollar. Instead of asking your parents over and over to get the new iPhone 14 Pro, you can understand that that isn’t always possible and that it’s not so easy. Studies show that giving children tasks to complete at a young age also helps create a solid work ethic while developing self-reliance and other necessary life skills. But you must be thinking "Jobs may be too much work for young children, and it may interfere with school" There are ways and laws around this. In South Australia, there are laws saying that kids who work must only work on weekends and holidays. This way, it won’t interfere with school, and it won’t be stressful for them to have to basically get ready for work every day after school, be exhausted, and also not have any time to do homework. Next, kids always want more and more

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