Children's work and children's well-being: implications for policy (original) (raw)

Dominant discourse on 'child labour' attends only to dangers of children's work and misleadingly results in policies that damage some children's chances for development. Far from being universally negative in children's lives, work contributes to their well-being and development, and to transitions to adulthood. Children's work can convey benefits for offer psychosocial benefits, particularly in building self-help develop social relations and responsibility. These benefits are especially critical to marginalized children. Common policies of abolishing child labour based on age of employment rather than potential harm deny such benefits to younger children, and leave others unprotected.

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