T OR F

Tania is 12 years old. She lives in Manhattan, NY with her parents. She has to baby-sit her kid brother for about one hour a day. She also has to help her mom when mom is cooking and cleaning. That's another three hours a week. If you include her school fund-raising time, bake sale time, her time spent helping Mrs. Brown next door - oh that would all add up to another four hours per week. Let's not complain about child labor in poor countries. According to the UNICEF, Sarah is a child labor.

True or False?

• knowing that"UNICEF defines child labor as work that exceeds a minimum number ofhours, depending on the age of a child and on the type of work. Such workis considered harmful to the child and should therefore be eliminated.

Ages 5-11: At least one hour of economic work or 28 hours of domestic work per week.

Ages 12-14: At least 14 hours of economic work or 28 hours of domestic work perweek.