Read and Answer. Use a separate answer sheet.

For some children, they labor at a young age because they have to be the breadwinners for their younger siblings.

"How old are you? And why are you working at an early age?"

"I have six siblings. My only source of income is to sell this. I don't care about my age, since I am the oldest. It is not about me but also my family, my dreams, and their future."

"Here, maybe this can help." I handed him some money.

"No, I cannot accept that, I'm not a beggar, just buy one instead."

My heart jumped: I bought one of his plastic buckets. (John Carlo San Agustin)

Questions:
1. Why do think children have to work at very young age?
2. Do parents look for them?
3. Why do think that this child is concerned with his family?
4. What values does this child possess?

- Poverty, discrimination and marginalisation are the main drivers of child labour. Children in poor circumstances work because work is seen as the best use of their time in contributing to the needs of the family and preparing them for the life they are expected to lead.

2. Do parents look for them?

- No if they look for them at the young age they wouldn't let the kids work an early age.

3. Why do think that this child is concerned with his family?

- Because he have 6 siblings and he only want to earn money for them and someone give him a money and he didnt accept it because hes not a beggar and he said just buy instead.

4. What values does this child possess?

1. Kindness

There is no greater a value to teach our children than the value of kindness. Kindness does not turn our children into sappy pushovers. It turns them into classy people who possess good character.

We must teach our children that all people have value and that they can deliver both good and bad news to others with a sense of grace. We must parent our children to be kind to themselves, as our children can be so hard on themselves when things are challenging them. When we are kind to our children, our children believe we see them as deeply valuable. When our children believe that we see them as valuable, they learn to value themselves. Their belief in their personal value sets them up to live their lives with a solid sense of confidence in who they are and what they have to offer. As parents we want to create an emotional environment of kindness that is infectious, contagious and advantageous to the children we are raising. Kindness will take our children further in life than any other human characteristic.