- The definition of child labor is the employment of children in an industry or business, especially when illegal or considered exploitative. lots of children work in dangerous factories that have explosives and should be done by adults not children. the reason that children have to work is because families live in poverty and need to make more money to live. or some parents neglect their children so they need to make money for themselves. some of the negative effects that child labor has of these children are they are always exhausted because they work around 15 hours and they have to time for fun. they work in hazardous places that could injure them permanently or even worse death. i think that children that live in poverty will be exploited in some way and its not right.
