Apple knew a supplier was using child labor but took 3 years to fully cut ties
Was there ever a time where child labor was acceptable? Now I'm not in touch with all the logistics here, but if I were growing up in a country where I had the option of starving or sending my kids off to work I know what I would be choosing. Child labor occurred in my family as little as a generation ago.  My mother and her siblings all worked long hours in the field to raise crops with her family.  She seems to be thriving after being in a situation the west seems to deem as terrible.Ideally children don't have to work, ideally no one has to work - I do wonder if South Korea would be as democratic and free today if it weren't for their child labor force as little as 80 years ago though and I do wonder if those children or families would've preferred the alternative to child labor.  Presumably they did not, since they volunteered their children to work for low wages.I really do think we have to be mindful of judging other cultures against our rich western values. There are likely clear cases of child abuse that should be abolished - there are abusive cases of employment for all ages that should be abolished.  I do wonder if we're too quick to judge child labor as a category in the west, though.