It wasn't so long ago, in fact barely 50 years ago, that the reason for long summer holidays was so that children could assist with harvesting. I think it's rather two faced of us to protest about third world conditions when these have only recently disappeared in the first world.

Similarly children used to leave school and go mining at 14, and domestic service started at similarly low ages.

I agree that work should not prevent children having an education, but whilst concerns about prostitution, military and forced labour are probably legitimate, methinks the rest of it protesteth too much.