Child Labor Reform Laws

During the Industiral Revolution, the working conditions for many people, especially children, were horrible. In Great Britain in 1832, Parliament created a committee to investigate child labor. What the committee found resulted in the passing of the Factory Act of 1833. The Factory Act made it illegal to hire children under the age of nine, and children between the ages of nine and twelve could not work more than eight hours a day. It also specified that kids between the age of thirteen and seventeen could not work more than twelve hours a day.
I think that these reforms were absolutely necessary. I do not like that children between the ages of nine and twelve could even work at all, let alone up to eight hour days. It is sad that factory owners could take advantage of children like they did, and regrettable to known that it was legal for so many years. This reform could not have come quick enough, and was a good start to bettering the lives of children during the Industrial Revolution.