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CoffeeCat

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22. The fight against child labor laws was ruthless and very powerful

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Sat Mar 19, 2016, 04:31 PM

Mar 2016

For a long time, child labor laws stood--because child-labor laws were positioned as bad law.

Many lobbied that child-labor laws were "anti-family" and that they would destroy the family unit. In poor communities, children were often forced to work in mills, sweatshops and factories because they had to help support the family. In some of the most impoverished areas, it was rare for kids to complete a high-school education. They had to work.

These laws were fought against by the majority who accused the government of intruding on parental and familial decisions.

In the 1920's only a few states had child labor laws on the books. That wasn't that long ago. Isn't that just nuts!?

Those laws had to be aggressively fought for, after years of tough battles--with many losses along the way.

We are an evolving species...we continue to move forward toward progress and greater sanity--and the fight against inhumane actions, injustice, inequality and corruption will always be a difficult slog.

Those with the power don't give up power easily.

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