child labor was terrible. Children were not meant to do that type of work. And so many kids got hurt, going to work meant they might lose a hand or a finger or even die! It wasn’t safe. And everyboby had a cold because of the air. And they thought the children were no better than a peice of  machinery that I will never understand. They also had 12 to 14 hour working periods! It was a terrible enviroment for the kids and everyone thought a education wasn’t relevant for them work was better than being able to read,write or do math child labor was a terrible thing. And those are my thoughts on child labor.