Read the text and choose True, False or Doesn't say: When children had to work
While it is common for teenagers in many countries to
have part-time jobs, there are restrictions about the
number of hours they can work and the types of jobs
they can do. The aim of these rules is to protect young
people from exploitation. National and international
laws prohibit younger children from working at all. But it
hasn't always been like that.
Life wasn't easy in 18th-century Britain, especially for
children. They often had to work on farms to help their
families. Things got even worse at the end of the
century when machines were invented and the first
factories opened. Operating the machines did not
require physical strength, and children could be hired
more cheaply than adults. By the mid-1800s, child
labour was a major problem.
The factory owners wanted big profits and didn't care
about the health of the workers. The children who
worked in the factories were often treated badly. They
had to be in the factory for more than 12 hours every
day. Sometimes, they had to work at night. They couldn't
go to school, so they never learned new skills and
couldn't find better jobs when they grew up. Many of
them couldn't even read and write.
Many people, like the English writer Charles Dickens,
protested against child labour. He worked in one of the
factories himself and described his experience in the
novel Oliver Twist. Unfortunately, the employment of
children in British factories continued until the late 19th
century, when child labour was finally banned.
Choose True, False or Doesn't say:
1. There are international laws against child labour.

А-True
Б-Doesn't say
В-False​

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