Challenges Associated with Families

Apart from the complications of placing the child back in school , the family ’ s unwillingness to cooperate is another major challenge for successful remediation . The significant differences between China and other countries in terms of families ’ involvement indicate not only the different situations auditors and factories / brands deal with , but it can also shed light on the root causes of child labor in different countries . Most of the auditors from China that we talked to know that many of the children come from dysfunctional families . In such cases , children receive very little support from their parents , which makes communicating with the families much more difficult . As shown in Figure 17 , while facilitating the communication with the child ’ s family is the most significant challenge for securing remediation in China , the financial obstacles seems to be a more important issue in other countries , where poverty is more likely to be the root cause of child labor .

Figure 17 :

Common challenges to securing family cooperation in child labor remediation

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17 Best Response : Auditors ’ Insights on Child Labor in Asia