hildren begin working before the age of seven, tending to machines in the spinning mills and hauling heavy loads" (Fried 231). To an employer "the purpose of employing a child is not to train them, but to make their profits higher from the child's work" (Freedman 21). The employers do not realize the dangers of child labor. Child labor is "the abuse and misuse of young children at work"(Greene 9). Child labor is exploiting children by giving them low wages or no wage at all, allowing them to work excessive hours, and in unsafe, unhealthy work environments. These children should be in school rather than in these workplaces.!
             Child labor costs less, but it causes problems for the children later on in life. These circumstances are very unhealthy for these children. "It causes permanent physical, psychological, intellectual, social, and moral damage leading towards death" (Greene, 9-10). There was a child who was forced to work fifteen-hour days. If a young child working that many hours were able to make up the sleep lost during the time they were working, it would take nearly a lifetime to make it all up (Bartoletti 12). Children should be able to get the right amount of sleep so they do not become ill. By working that many hours children do not get the right amount of sleep that they need.
             The factories want as much work done as possible so they hire many workers. Most of these workers are underage, since they are cheap labor. Since the children are smaller, they can fit between and under machines, which is very dangerous for a young child. The children are not capable of doing the jobs that the factories require. "There was a twelve-year-old boy that fell into a spinning machine and the machine tore two of his fingers off" (Freedman 36). If children were not working on these machines, this child would not have fallen. Although hiring children saves the owner of the factory three billion dollars, it is no excuse to hire underage chi...