Sometimes work implies special efforts which require a certain emotional maturity and a good physical development which children do not possess adequately. Despite the fact that we can admit that a certain child meets a physical condition which is suitable for work, he or she certainly does not have a high degree of development so as to face the stress, and to assume the specific responsibilities of an employee. Compliance with the rules, putting work under strict measures, submitting to a certain work pattern, according to specific rules, are aspects which are not compatible with a child’s personality.
Strictly speaking from a professional point of view, a child is also unable to have a qualification required for a particular job. In addition to the intellectual effort required by the job, experience is certainly needed because a child is not prepared for this. He or she cannot be expected to have an amount of knowledge and skills which he hasn’t had the time and opportunity to acquire yet.
But what is more important, beyond the compatibility which may be required between a job and a child’s profile, resides in the steps which are extremely necessary for the optimal development of a child.
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