Child labour causes many problems Firstly children work for long hours and earn very little for their hard work This results in terrible long term effects on their lives In addition such children do not attend school and are therefore not able to compete with their educated counterparts in the job market thus leading to a life of poverty This is not only bad for them but also for the development of the Nation The United Nations secretary General Kofi Annan once said that child labour has serious consequences that stay with the individual and with the society for far longer than the years of childhood Young workers not only face dangerous working conditions but also long term physical intellectual and emotional stress They endure an adulthood of unemployment illiteracy and poverty Common form of child labour Demonstrate appropriate comprehension and recall skills through answering questions correctly