tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post6914984435573121952..comments2023-03-31T08:26:17.996-07:00Comments on Hanging On My Word: The Cry of the ChildrenLittle Nellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-28644914420865121812012-09-24T22:30:53.405-07:002012-09-24T22:30:53.405-07:00Wow! What a powerful post! I'm so glad child...Wow! What a powerful post! I'm so glad child labor laws have been changed. How very sad that there are still children in the world who aren't allowed to just be children.Jana Iverson Lasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687969613629975601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-787369118718011472012-09-24T13:43:35.607-07:002012-09-24T13:43:35.607-07:00Thanx 4 sharing that vid!! It brings even more dep...Thanx 4 sharing that vid!! It brings even more depth to your post. Mines and mills are no place for a child and they should be allowed to enjoy childhood as it is supposed to be [in my mind, at least].<br />:/~<br />HUGZBruno Lalibertéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09607511642101907283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-13910516642793386112012-09-23T22:43:15.104-07:002012-09-23T22:43:15.104-07:00I really enjoyed reading this one, my own father w...I really enjoyed reading this one, my own father was put out to work at the age of 14 as late as 1924 and during his school years he & his brothers used to take it in turns to wear the one pair of shoes to school! Too bad if they were too small or too large!courtneycotton01@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13800100799965404408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-67814550139214552042012-09-23T21:59:05.383-07:002012-09-23T21:59:05.383-07:00Hard to believe but we actually had a person runni...Hard to believe but we actually had a person running for president this year who believed the child labor laws should be changed to "allow" younger children to work. True, the man is a buffoon, but it's just hard to imagine how some people manage to ignore history. <br /><br />Very good post. And great image.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-42134777264200467842012-09-23T09:42:30.681-07:002012-09-23T09:42:30.681-07:00Your Photos Are Achingly Beautiful.When I Look At ...Your Photos Are Achingly Beautiful.When I Look At Them I Know Not Is It The Past or The Future (thank you Cameron,Romney,et al)Are You familiar with <a href="http://nourishingobscurity.com/2010/11/09/the-testimony-of-patience-kershaw/" rel="nofollow">The Testimony of Patience Kershaw</a>? A Lass from my hometown of Halifax.Child Slavery is still with us............tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-26678279593028914982012-09-22T22:31:46.384-07:002012-09-22T22:31:46.384-07:00Kudos to you for an excellent and enlightening pos...Kudos to you for an excellent and enlightening post. Before the Child Labor Law went into effect in the USA, children also sold newspapers. The "newsies" worked until late at night selling newspapers and waiting for the late edition of the paper to come off the press. Hines documented their working conditions and most of them worked until 10 or 11 at night. Seems like the youngest newsie he found was five years old. Looking at these photos is heartbreaking, their expressions tell the story. To think children today are still subjected to working and being robbed of their childhood is criminal. It's difficult for me to dwell on it for very long. Makes me angry and sad at the same time!Queen Beehttp://www.beeskneesdaily.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-10370524394887096132012-09-22T18:55:15.047-07:002012-09-22T18:55:15.047-07:00A truly compelling post on the images, the photogr...A truly compelling post on the images, the photographer, and the themes. Lewis Hine's work could inspire a thousand Sepia Saturdays. His recording the personal information about his subjects was a powerful statement too. That world of American child labor seems like an alternate universe now, until you look at images from contemporary photojournalists of today's exploited children around the world. Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-28377974425894268432012-09-22T09:17:08.633-07:002012-09-22T09:17:08.633-07:00I can only echo the comments already left here. Th...I can only echo the comments already left here. Thank you for such a compelling and informative post. My grandfather, his brothers and my grandmother's brothers all had to leave school after 8th grade to work in the coal mines in Iowa. At least it was an improvement over the generations that preceded them, but it was terrible work.Kathyhttp://abbieandeveline.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-26936851443771701122012-09-22T08:49:50.942-07:002012-09-22T08:49:50.942-07:00Absolutely beautiful. Informative and full of ques...Absolutely beautiful. Informative and full of questions to ponder. My own father was taken from school at about 12 to help my gf in the tobacco production on the family farm. He was given alcohol along with the other workers on the farm and shaped into a unrecoverable alcoholic by his own father, wrecking my own family when I was 8 years old. Many evils of children kept home to help with farm work.<br />QMMAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04721708092323894355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-29079245807005899622012-09-22T05:38:09.339-07:002012-09-22T05:38:09.339-07:00What a wonderful and moving post. I admire the way...What a wonderful and moving post. I admire the way you interpreted the photo prompt. I loved the intiial poem, which provided such a powerful opening, the evooative photograph, the story of the family with 19 children and the history lesson on child labour. Thank You. ScotSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-56671826666245467282012-09-22T05:30:21.071-07:002012-09-22T05:30:21.071-07:00Magnificent post, Marilyn.Thanks especially for th...Magnificent post, Marilyn.Thanks especially for the links. With respect to Dickens you can read his work or listen to it by means of 'text to speech' in the Dickens Journals Online at www.djo.org.uk. Earlier this year I was involved as a volunteer 'editor' of the material along with hundreds of others.<br />I'm with Kathy - go for publication!Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-55647479228408100872012-09-22T02:40:26.776-07:002012-09-22T02:40:26.776-07:00You write the background to the theme photograph t...You write the background to the theme photograph that I wish I had written. It oozes feeling: sympathy and solidarity inhabit the space between every sentence.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-47044832094275738322012-09-22T01:26:12.749-07:002012-09-22T01:26:12.749-07:00great post. Gives us such a lot to think about and...great post. Gives us such a lot to think about and be thankful that our children never had to go through that.Gill Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02609030650883561572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-23946614281078095762012-09-21T18:45:09.460-07:002012-09-21T18:45:09.460-07:00A powerful post. Thank you.A powerful post. Thank you.Michael J. McCannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07291540010883523862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-34597757923394802472012-09-21T10:57:33.915-07:002012-09-21T10:57:33.915-07:00I would think that, as his case was submitted with...I would think that, as his case was submitted with all the others in the project, he wasn't doing it for pleasure. In any case isn't the point that at twelve years of age he shouldn't have been working at all, and certainly not twelve hour shifts ending way past bedtime for a boy of his age? We not talking about a newspaper delivery job here. I'd hate to think of a son of mine at that age working in the dark where a lot of creeps hang out late at night. I wonder how often he was propositioned. He doesn't sound bright enough or bold enough to complain if he was touched inappropriately either. Makes my blood boil just thinking about it.Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-51412307880202862122012-09-21T10:01:11.536-07:002012-09-21T10:01:11.536-07:00Thanks for this wonderful post and an important re...Thanks for this wonderful post and an important reminder that child labor is still an issue.Christine H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-56870546528317288642012-09-21T07:49:45.479-07:002012-09-21T07:49:45.479-07:00Marilyn, I hope that you submit this one for publi...Marilyn, I hope that you submit this one for publication. Excellent, excellent post! I want to check out your links and find out more about Lewis Hine. Thank you for your hard work on this article.<br /><br />Kathy M.Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07171271956883698673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-31443876947814755962012-09-21T04:20:51.824-07:002012-09-21T04:20:51.824-07:00I wonder how often the little usher worked. Workin...I wonder how often the little usher worked. Working as an usher might have been something he enjoyed, unlike the children who had to work in fields and factories.Postcardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399915833682943432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-80796152479176066702012-09-21T01:41:08.490-07:002012-09-21T01:41:08.490-07:00We should never take our eye off the ball, Little ...We should never take our eye off the ball, Little Nell. I cringe when I see the 'back to school' racks of children's clothes on sale for a few pounds. But then I understand that there are those (in the early 80s it was us) who can only afford to pay a few pounds, no matter how guilty they may feel about the plight of those in sweatshops. Despite Herculean efforts in some quarters, poverty and injustice is all too often tossed into the 'too hard to do' box. There's very little political mileage in it.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-29227137101882624152012-09-20T23:49:19.550-07:002012-09-20T23:49:19.550-07:00Hello Marilyn:
This is such a fascinating and info...Hello Marilyn:<br />This is such a fascinating and informative post which really does illustrate the appalling use of child labour in the past whilst also drawing attention to what, we suspect, is an on going problem and a complete violation of Human Rights in many countries around the world today.<br /><br />It is of interest to us that TÃmea, our cook/housekeeper, who is now only forty, left school at fourteen and went straight into work.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-70313253953913808082012-09-20T15:55:29.434-07:002012-09-20T15:55:29.434-07:00What a great post. I didn't realize that the l...What a great post. I didn't realize that the little boy was an usher at the theater. I thought he was just a patron. How sad that children are still made to work in lots of parts of the world. Even here in the U.S. where children are used illegally to pick fruit and vegetables in the fields. Very sad.<br />NancyNorth County Film Clubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13683794164957833415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-83012702946197995652012-09-20T14:56:37.669-07:002012-09-20T14:56:37.669-07:00I guess you had similar situations all over Europe...I guess you had similar situations all over Europe. My grandfather was 13 years old when he started his working life in 1901. My father in law started working just after grammar school less than 30 years later. Sometimes I think that people studying now until they are 25, should give a little consideration to how things were in the not too distant past.<br />A very, very informative post! Thank you.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512412669995490110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-38521196610495220702012-09-20T14:43:51.644-07:002012-09-20T14:43:51.644-07:00Some are fortunate and some are not. Today as wel...Some are fortunate and some are not. Today as well as then.Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-74931766882180846442012-09-20T12:23:34.150-07:002012-09-20T12:23:34.150-07:00Such a powerful blog post! Through your quotes, th...Such a powerful blog post! Through your quotes, the video clips, even personal experience, you've reminded us that children's rights don't reach everywhere. I'm really glad you included the Lewis Hine clip as I didn't recognize the name although I knew about the Empire State Building photos. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.com