Did you ever hawk to help your mother? I hawked plantain for 8years to help my poor mother. I think child abuse is one thing, street hawking is another. Our forefathers helped their parents in the farm. From my own perspective, child abuse is not the same thing as helping your parent to feed you and the younger ones. One is a crime, the other is life. Child abuse and street hawking are two different things. I don't ever mix them up, we shouldn't out of ignorance and sentiments. Hawking is not an excuse for not getting proper education, it didn't stop me from graduating from the university with good grades.