Scenarios about 'child labor'
The historical practice of employing children in industrial, agricultural, or domestic work settings, often under hazardous or exploitative conditions. Child labor was widespread during industrialization when children worked long hours in factories, mines, and farms, contributing significantly to family incomes while facing developmental harm and limited educational opportunities. Understanding child labor's historical contexts helps in exploring alternate timelines where labor reforms, education policies, or economic structures might have developed differently.
What If Child Labor Laws Were Never Passed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where child labor laws failed to materialize in the early 20th century, dramatically altering economic development, education systems, and social welfare across the globe.
What If Compulsory Education Was Never Established?
Exploring the alternate timeline where governments never mandated universal schooling, dramatically reshaping literacy, social mobility, economic development, and the fundamental structure of modern society.