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I watched a Jessica Soho special last night and it tackles about the status of kids. I was surprised about the things they discovered. The topic there that really caught my attention is the Child Labor. There is one place in Rizal where most children work. There is a kid(13) there whose family’s source of income is making charcoal and they live on mountain. The kid is too short for his age and he maybe mistaken by a 9 years old. He and his siblings are the one who bring the sack of charcoal down the mountain. And do you know that the sack that they are carrying is more than there own weght! And bringing that sack down is too dangereous because the mountain is too steep, too rocky and they will cross a river. With an interview with the kid he said “I’m just doing this because if I don’t then we will not any thing to eat and I cannot go to school” and he added “And i’m helping my parents”. There is also an interview with the kids parents and they said “We are sad that our children need to this. If there is a way for them not to help us anymore we will do that so that they won’t need to suffer but there isn’t. While I was watching that, I feel pity for them so much espicially with the kids and thats the time I realized that I were so lucky with my life; having the opportunity to enter a private school, to eat 3 times a day, and I don’t need to work at a very young age. Another topic there tackles about kids joining pageant contest. The contestants are very young yet very desperate to win the award because they want to give the prize to their parents. Some kids who belonged in the honor roll absent themselves just to practice, others compete even though they are sick and others need to express so much talent. One kid that really caught my eyes is the one who danced in a broken glasses. The judges, crew and even me is so shocked when the kid do the.

Is this the status of our children nowadays? Working at a very young age? Used by the parents to gain income? Not able to study? Its really disappointing. There is one saying said by our national hero Jose Rizal “Ang mga bata ay pagasa ng bayan” or in english children are the hope for our country. If Rizal see this one he will be dissapointed the way like I am. How could the children be the hope if they didn’t study and enjoy there life. I myself noticed this one. I can see many children asking for alms in the street and give their profit to their parents. I also know someone who work for his family and he even stop going to school just to help and his work is not enough to support his family. I really pity him.
I hope the government will give attention to this one.