Child Labor

Do you remember your childhood years, complete with laughter, fun and games? Do you remember feeling as if your life was so hard and unfair because you had to clean your own room? Imagine not having a room, not having laughter or joy and not knowing what it is like to play and have fun. In the late 1880's through the late 1930's, many children lived tragic lives. Children as young as five years old were waking up at six in the morning and walking to work, whether it was in a factory, a mill or anywhere they could earn money for food. Their work environment was guaranteed to be unsanitary a…