The Forgotten Children: An Exploratory Research

Abstract

The paper gives an insight on “The Forgotten Children: An Explanatory Research”. The research design was qualitative. The objectives of this research were to explore the working condition of the forgotten children as domestic laborers and the factors contributing to domestic child labor. For this purpose, 50 respondents including male & female children between the age of 8-14 were interviewed by using semi-structured interview guideline for data collection. The study shows that the work of these forgotten children is invisible and also exploitative in nature. The study also found out that the main reasons behind Domestic Child Labor are lack of economic resources and illiteracy. The treatment of the employers is inhumane towards these vulnerable children and working conditions are also not safe & healthy for them. Mostly these Domestic Laborers face physical and verbal abuse by the hands of their employer and their family. These invisible Children also need to be dealt and some ways should be found out to secure their bright future.