Previous messages submitted by viewers to www.stopchildlabor.org

"It’s unbelievable how children who are less than 15 years old sometimes even 10 are more mature than they should be…all of this is owing to their cruel experiences in life serving as child laborers. Most of them end up that way because of family pressures and some lose their way and are found by people who sell them (especially girls) to serve as prostitutes. This is the time for them to be in school learning about all the good things that they are supposed to be learning; their time to have fun and make good friends; their time to do exciting things; and experience all the love which will nurture them into becoming great citizens. But, none of it is actually that way. I hope all of us realize and resolve to make life better for one and all."

"Many boys suffer in child labor in manufacturing sweatshops, fields, and factories, but girls are exploited, too. Girls in child labor are sometimes less visible. Girls are often scattered throughout a country and sold as domestic servants, as maids, as housekeepers, and as prostitutes. 
Many girls suffer the same beatings and malnourishment that boys suffer. But, girls are raped, too. We must stand up and speak out for those girls. We must be their voice today.

Child labor is not just sweatshops. We are standing up for the children in the sweat fields. Sweat fields exist in the U.S., too. Too many children are in fields in Texas or California or Florida or Maryland picking crops month after month, growing season after growing season, moving state to state, sprayed by insecticides, sometimes with no running water or toilets in the field. Too many spend their childhoods in sweat fields and not in classrooms. The children in the fields are invisible. We must stand up and speak out for the children in the fields. We must be their voice today."