Summary

This research is about the use of children in the American rural labour force, which is restricted, but in fact, is not enough to fully protect children against exploitation. Industries, such as the rural industry, benefit from the lack of strictness in the law system. Therefore, I decided to learn more about the consequences it has on children, and explore solutions that have been put forward by scholars, in order to fully protect American children in the rural labour force and stop the consequences it has on them physically and psychologically. My research will go through three aspects that have a negative influence on children when violated, which are the minimum age, work conditions and education and will be enhanced by some Quebec examples. I will examine the regulations concerning those three aspects and analyse the impact it has on children according to many scholars. Finally, my research will provide some ideas about how the themes should be restated in order to fully protect children in the rural American labour force.