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    While some argue that paid work provides children valuable experience, the essay argues that child labor is generally harmful for three reasons. First, most jobs available to children do not teach useful skills and are merely manual labor. Second, working can cause children to neglect their education and potentially drop out of school. Third, an early income may encourage children to spend freely on luxuries rather than understand the value of money. Overall, the essay concludes that parents should restrict child labor to avoid negative consequences on children's futures.

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    While some argue that paid work provides children valuable experience, the essay argues that child labor is generally harmful for three reasons. First, most jobs available to children do not teach useful skills and are merely manual labor. Second, working can cause children to neglect their education and potentially drop out of school. Third, an early income may encourage children to spend freely on luxuries rather than understand the value of money. Overall, the essay concludes that parents should restrict child labor to avoid negative consequences on children's futures.

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    While some argue that paid work provides children valuable experience, the essay argues that child labor is generally harmful for three reasons. First, most jobs available to children do not teach useful skills and are merely manual labor. Second, working can cause children to neglect their education and potentially drop out of school. Third, an early income may encourage children to spend freely on luxuries rather than understand the value of money. Overall, the essay concludes that parents should restrict child labor to avoid negative consequences on children's futures.

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    Children+Paid Work

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    While some argue that paid work provides children valuable experience, the essay argues that child labor is generally harmful for three reasons. First, most jobs available to children do not teach useful skills and are merely manual labor. Second, working can cause children to neglect their education and potentially drop out of school. Third, an early income may encourage children to spend freely on luxuries rather than understand the value of money. Overall, the essay concludes that parents should restrict child labor to avoid negative consequences on children's futures.

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    In many countries, children are engaged in some kind of paid work.

    Some
    people regard this as completely wrong, while others consider it as
    valuable work experience, important for learning and taking
    responsibility. What is your opinion on this?

    In the Third World, children are usually sent to factories for labor work. Many
    people believe that is merely exploitation, while others think it is good
    opportunities for them to have life experience. In any case, children have their
    right to live and study in peaceful conditions. Therefore, using them as labor
    force is considered an unacceptable action.

    First of all, children are not workers. They have just known about the vast
    world and do not have any experiences as well as conceptions about working.
    Since these innocent children are naive and lack of life experiences, they are
    easily cheated and exploited. There are a lot of examples about this in poor
    nations. Because using children is cheap and easily to control, many enterprises
    hire them with a little money paid. Although the government in these countries
    has tried their best, this kind of taking advantage of children cannot be
    eliminated.

    Moreover, children do not need such things called �valuable work


    experience� or �important for learning and taking responsibility�. The brief
    responsibility of children is learning. They are not old enough to understand
    what working experiences are. Nevertheless, they can help parents do chores or
    housework. This will be much better way for them to become more responsible
    forfamily. In addition, childhood is one of the most remarkable memories and
    must not be taken by forcing them to work.

    In conclusion, since all children are the great concern of parent and society,
    they should be allowed to enjoy life and educated rather than encouraging
    them to work. Hence, one must ponder what view is actually appropriate for the
    sake of children.

    This is a good essay. It covers the task, the paragraphs are coherent, the
    sentences are well-structured and the vocabulary is adequate. However a
    little structural change in the paragraphs is required � first make the point
    (such as “Some say that children should learn about earning money” and
    then oppose to it “However, children can not be compared to adult
    workers”). Also, there were some inaccuracies (see comments underlined in
    blue). Overall, looks like a Band 6.5 essay.

    Getting involved in a paid work among children is a debated issue in many


    countries today. Some people oppose strongly with this idea as it may affect the
    normal development of children while others claim that this could bring children a
    plenty of benefits for their future career. From my point of view, I believe that
    taking a paid job may do children more good than harm for several reasons.
    The first and most important point is that children who involve in a job will be
    much independent and responsible than those who do not work. Undoubtedly,
    children have the conscious of earning money seriously by their own effort to
    cover their education tuition and personal expense. Moreover, as the job's
    demand, children would certainly be in charge of specific tasks with a proper
    deadline and outcome. Thereafter, children have to try their best to take
    responsibility for their tasks given by the boss. That is the way for them to be
    more mature than their peer.
    Secondly, children who involve in working would possible accumulate much more
    life experience than their friends. The jobs require children different skills to deal
    effectively with their tasks such as time, relationship or conflict management.
    These skills promise them a good preparation for the future career. Additionally,
    these busy children would probably have a wide circle of friends than their peers.
    These relationships may become their comparative advantage for them in all
    walks of life ahead.
    Despite these benefits, some people oppose strongly this trend. They say that a
    paid work may do harm on children's academic results because the time and the
    concentration for learning is stolen by the job. Admittedly, it is true in some
    extent but doing a job brings about more valuable skills which can help children
    boost up their learning achievement. Thanks to the time management or
    organizing skill, children who work can arrange their time better, digest new
    knowledge better. As the result, a good performance on study will surely be much
    improved.
    From all reasons above, I strongly believe that a paid job would certainly benefit
    children in many aspects. However, children should be advised to choose a
    suitable job which can do those tiny workers more good than harm. Additionally,
    adults should pay more attention to their children to make sure that their beloved
    babies are on the right track of balance between working and learning.

    In many countries, children are engaged in some kind of paid work. Some people
    regard this as completely wrong, while others consider it as valuable work
    experiencem important for learning and taking resposiblily. What are your
    opinions in this?

    Recentely, some young children in developed countries get involved in the


    employment markets or self-employment by opening websites and even the
    Youtube. Some educational experts argue that children need to recieve the proper
    education the be good citizens. However, others insist that working in the early
    age can be beneficail for young children as an educational aspect. In regard to
    this issue, I srongly stand by the opinion that the poper education should be
    necessary for children before getting involved in the employment activites.
    First of all, early employment for children could be advantageous in some ways.
    Firstly, they can be more resposible of their tasks in work places, which is a
    prerequisite to be a good citizen. Secondly, they can be independent financially
    from their patents so that they can gain the ability of management their incom,
    rather than recieving pocket money and spend it. Besides, they can have
    distinguished career with the profound working experiences when they are just
    the 20's.
    On the other hand, we cannot underestimate the importance of education for
    children. It is common to hear that children have an unlimited potentiality on the
    ability. That is to say, they can be doctors, artists or judges in the courts if they
    are well educated. Furthermore, there is no boubt that the education make better
    citizen, which means they can learn social manners, morals and social duties,
    which are the important prerequisites for good citizens, through the education in
    the schools. Moreover, children are not likely to be mature enough to manage
    their income. Therefore, there is no guerantee that then can be fanacially
    independent.
    In conclusion, whether working in the early age has advantages or not is the
    matter of two sides in the same coin. However, as mentioned previousely,
    educating children outweigh putting then into working areas. Therefore,there is a
    need for us to consider that growing children to handymen, rather than to
    scientists and doctors is a sound way to contribute on this education-demanded
    society.

    In many countries children are engaged in some kind of paid work. Some people
    regard this as completely wrong, while others consider it as valuable work
    experience, important for learning and taking responsibility. What is your opinion
    on this?

    Nowadays, many children involved in different types of jobs to have some kind of
    financial assurance for themselves. However, whether this is good for their development
    and personality is a much debatable issue. I personally believe that paid works is harmful
    for children for several reasons.

    It is said that children learn valuable experience in the work place. This may be true.
    However, I would argue that children are mainly employed for jobs that require manual
    work and are low paid. The recent statistic reveals the common tasks that children are
    assigned are washing dishes, cleaning floors or serving food in restaurants. Meanwhile,
    this kind of jobs actually do not provide children with necessary and useful skills so that
    they can apply in their future carrer.

    This brings me to the second point. Defenders of child work argues that it is an effective
    method of learning. The point is children should be able to apply knowledge taught to
    them in a real life working environment. Although this is undoubtedly true, it also means
    that children may neglect the classroom study and even fail the class. The worst thing is
    yet to come. They may become so occupied with the benefits ahead of them like small
    salary and leave school.

    Finally, supporters said that it helps them to build responsibility in the family. They will
    understand how it is difficult to earn money and therefore have a compassionate view
    with their parents. This is true to a certain extent, but may have a totally adverse effect on
    children. As children can make money at an early age, they would feel that it is
    appropriate to spend on luxury things by their own money, which could be recovered
    later.

    In conclusion, I think that parents should take measures to restrict their child to work,
    otherwise it would have a negative consequences on their futures.
    This is a great essay, Band 7+ candidate. My only suggestion is to divide your
    arguments so that you have 2 paragraphs covering arguments “against” and one
    covering arguments “for” or vise versa. Don’t mix “for” and “against” in one
    paragraph.

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