child labor

on tv shows featuring children actors, there are always disclaimers about them having secured the necessary working permits.  curious! what about them on the streets selling sampaguita garlands, kendi-yosi, etc. and by nightfall, even more interesting wares are available. this is not only true in manila, but in other big cities as well.

and even in the not-so-far-away farms, where children are expected to help their parents, do they have the necessary working permits? or does dole continue to turn a blind eye on them --- the future of our fatherland?

why do you think do we have poverty? is it not because we have so many children to care for in the average household? does this mean a drain in the already measly pay the parents get? and the average worker is only semi-skilled? and the average household only has one wage-earner? semi-skilled because he has barely finished elementary schooling? and he wasn't able to finish because he has to help his parents in the farm?

about 50% of our labor exports are semi-skilled workers and domestic helpers and who barely know how to speak english. all because, not only dole, but the country in general, tolerated the practice of child labor in the farms, who do not eve know the need to have the necessary working permits.