Children with no vacation

Many Romanian people watch their children as a source of income, but experts warn that too much work could affect the child’s emotional and intellectual development.
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For many pupils summer holiday means three months of working with their parents or getting a seasonal job to earn some extra money.
Remus Stan, aged 9, from Piatra Soimului, Neamt district, commutes daily to Piatra Neamt market to trade bilberries. Roxana Roanda, aged 9, from Dabuleni, trades watermelons in Craiova.
Children that work from frail ages grow up faster; they are deprived of childhood and holidays. They are children with lamed personality, growing up with big frustrations, warns sociologist Hanibal Dumitrascu.
You sell bilberries, wipe, clean home. This is how you earn money, says the 9-year-old child Remus Stan.




















































