Don't Forget Child Labor

From The Hisroty Place, Lewis W. Hine

Child labor was a huge issue in the United States. Children would work 12 hours a day for six days a week with low pay and horrible working environments. Children in the United States worked under deplorable conditions until well into the mid-twentieth century. This picture from Hine is a boy who works in the mines. This boy looks filthy and well over exhausted. The mood that this picture creates is sad because when you look at him and see the expression on his face you can't help but feel bad for what this boy had to go through. Not only is mining physically stressful but it is harmful to ones health. Why were we so willing to throw our children out into the work world? During the time of child labor children did not recieve any type of education; therfore, many of them could not even read or write. How did we expect our children to make a better life for themsleves when we deprived them of the opportunity to gain a education.