EuroMeko:

A beautiful picture.

What you call child abuse I call survival.

Those look like well fed kids, certainly well dressed. I've seen kids in the US that are far worse.

Before you start sullying the terminology "child abuse" be careful so you don't water it down for those kids who are really facing abuse.

ShipIt:

It's not necessarily child abuse by Nigerian standards, its a means of family livelihood. But according to western standards this can be considered child abuse as these children are being deprived of their right to an education and a worry free childhood. Funny though considerg that Michael Jackson and other child celebrities also started work at a similar age. The difference is that they weren't selling moin moin on their heads.

velo10:

[b]Their parents/guardians should be jailed immediatel[/b]y and the government should do something better about their welfare.

Nigeria lacks proper child welfare organisations. That's why things could aggravate to this.

EuroMeko:

A beautiful picture.

What you call child abuse I call survival.

Those look like well fed kids, certainly well dressed. I've seen kids in the US that are far worse.

Before you start sullying the terminology "child abuse" be careful so you don't water it down for those kids who are really facing abuse.

SEE UR MOUTH LIKE BEAUTIFUL PICTURE

EuroMeko:

A beautiful picture.

What you call child abuse I call survival.

Those look like well fed kids, certainly well dressed. I've seen kids in the US that are far worse.

Before you start sullying the terminology "child abuse" be careful so you don't water it down for those kids who are really facing abuse.

ShipIt:

It's not necessarily child abuse by Nigerian standards, its a means of family livelihood. But according to western standards this can be considered child abuse as these children are being deprived of their right to an education and a worry free childhood. Funny though considerg that Michael Jackson and other child celebrities also started work at a similar age. The difference is that they weren't selling moin moin on their heads.

velo10:

Yeah I said the parents/guardians should be jailed. A child does not deserve to go through such trauma at early stages of their lives like this. These children are far too underaged to begin this work. What the parents are doing is using the children to make money for themselves at such an early age. Well Nigeria is not a civilized society yet for a proper address to this issue

Gemma11:




Its funny how some Nigerians are acting brand new and fresh about this picture like it is shocking. Millions of kids hawk theri wares every freaking day in all parts of Nigeria. Do you feign shock and horror then or is it for show only when you come on the internet.

Just because the West calls it child abuse it doesn't mean it is.

Looking at that picture I certainly don't see any child abuse. What I see are three healthy children selling their wares. We shoudn't make assumptions that they are doing so during school hours. They are helping their families get ahead and in the meantine learning the basics of business 101. For all we know we could be looking at the next 'Dangote' here

~Sissy~:

beautiful picture ke?

those kids should be doing something else that kids their AGE are doing.

warrior101:


After they help their parents as kids then they also help their parents when they are old right? This is as a result of poverty and it is unacceptable. People should not give birth to many children when they have no means of training them. I say their parents be dealt with.

atasteve:

If you don't feel anything for the kids in the pix, imagine your kids doing the same thing We need to arise in our little ways to assist kids in our vicinity/under our influence and government pls arise to your responsibilities.