ImI, There is no correlation between being poor and selling one's kids to prostitution. Sellings one's kids to prostition is not an outcome of being poor, rather its an outcome of lacking morality and love for one's kid. I understand both problems exist in a Nepali society, however to say that if you dont employ these kids as kaam garnes they will end up in brothels is plain ignorance. Your logic is based on fear of the unforseen future. Durga Prasad, The article talks about one simple fact. Rich people keeping little kids from poor economic background as workers in Kathmandu. Kaam garne is not a craft that has to be passed down from a generation to generation. You said that the western society uses child labor as a ploy to bash our society. WRONG! Its rather a ploy used by people like you to thrive upon people who dont share the same economic standing as you. Dyamm, There are other issues that are wrong in the United states as well. I can fill you a page with that. All those wrongs don't make the case of child labor in Nepal right. I understand you and your friend like the fact that these kids wouldnt be treated like princiness in their own homes. A home is a home even if you have starv away, it is still sweeter than any other place in the world. I bet you and your friend were not treated like a royalty growing up even though you didnt have to clean someone else's dishes. May be one doesnt need to be treated like a prince/princess in life. It just got me thinking, how old are you guys? (yes, I didnt even feel like finishing my line of thoughts)