Chores are child slave labor.

REBUTTAL"Argument 1:Kids are doing this work with out pay. One would say that their pay is a roof under their head, things that they want, food, clothes, and a place to sleep. But no. A parent is required by law to provide some of those things. Others kids usually get from what they believe to be Santa Claus and their friends on Christmas and their birthdays."Pro argues that children are working for little to no wages, which is slave labor. However, his argument is somewhat self-defeating, as he himself states that "One would say that their pay is a roof under their head, things that they want, food, clothes, and a place to sleep." This is perfectly valid, while Pro's negation of his statement; that these things are required by law, is irrelevant. It is required by law to pay workers at minimum, wage, so does that mean everyone being paid at minimum wage is also a slave? Also, kids get more than basic needs for their chores. Many children receive an allowance from doing chores, and it's usually a pretty fair amount for the time and effort required of the tasks being performed. Parents supply a variety of services to their children, so it should be expected that the children help out their parents. I don't understand the relevance of the last sentence (nor does it make sense to me), so I can't really give any input on it."Argument 2:They are treated like slaves. If they don't do as they're told their either beaten or grounded with the inability to do anything fun while in there until they get done what they were told to get done, or until the parent sees fit. These punishments can take months, to years. These kinds of punishments can be considered solitary confinement, which worsens the matter because being alone for that long can badly effect their mental state."Pro makes a very questionable argument here, saying that parents either beat or ground their children when they do not do as they were told, which is clearly not true, or the majority of children would have been beaten (some quick googles and number crunching will tell you that only around 0.00192% of children are beaten[1]). As for not being allowed to do anything fun, I don't know of many parents like that, and I'm sure you'll agree that most parents want their children to have fun. Also, locking your child in solitary confinement for years is considered child abuse, not an acceptable punishment in society. The same is true of beatings or mental abuse; just look at the recent goings on with Adrian Peterson. Again, if this was happening all the time, we would know about this and we would have a lot more cases of child abuse. There are no such cruel parents out there in the mainstream world that would impose these types of punishments on their own children. Parents do what they think is best for their children, and any parent who does these atrocious things is insane."Argument 3:Some parents, mostly the drunk ones, beat their kids even if they didn't do something wrong. Some slave owner back in the day would do this to make the slaves loyal and submissive and to teach them. By beating them, they're ensuring that the kid would be more likely to do the work, but it'd be out of fear of pain rather that out of sheer willingness."Yes, this is true, but this is nowhere near the majority of parents, and this has nothing to do with chores. I think Pro might be arguing that chores are what motivates these people to beat their children, however, even if this were the case, we should not be fighting the institution of chores for a couple people who are misusing it any more than we should fight the institution of science because it invented the atom bomb."Rebuttal 1: Some chores are also outside. Mowing, weed whacking, and clipping the bushes are just a few examples. These you wouldn't let a child do, especially by themselves. Many a parent will tell their kid to go out and rake or do some other physical chore while they sit down and watch a movie or play on their computer. The kid, especially if their small, are doing something that they may not have the physical capability of, but they have to do it anyway. The parent should be out there helping them. One shouldn't tell their kid to go out to do something and not help them"This is, in my mind, jut another example of imaginary parents who abuse their children. No parent would give their child a job that they know is too hard for them; you don't see any two-year-olds handling the lawn mower. Parents make rational, just decisions based on their childrens' abilities."Argument 1:Grades can be affected by chores as well. If a child is expected to go clean their room, or even the yard. Depending on how messy it is, it could take away all their time to do homework. Children are encouraged to take at least 1-2 hours out of their day to homework. But if they are told to do a chore that could take a long time, they lose that opportunity. Then they're getting in trouble at school for not doing their homework and at home for not getting good grades. So who's the one that's supposed to be taking the heat (the blame/ chewing)?"I agree with this, however chores are not the problem here, but rather the excessive homework and terrible school systems we have in place."Rebuttal 2:Some parents will force their kids to clean their room everyday, even if it's already clean. My opponent says that some kids willingly clean their rooms to make their parents happy, but would a kid willingly clean a clean room? To add to that, some parents are bad enough to go and wreck their rooms while they're at school, just so the kid can clean. This doesn't seem humane to Again, no parent does these things. Also, yes, kids will willingky clean rooms. I know this since I am one of those people. You're creating examples which are not commonplace or flat out never happen. I cannot think of a ingle parent who would purposely wreck their child's room so that they had to clean it again."Rebuttal 3:Though I agree with my opponent somewhat. Some parents give their children treats for doing their chores. For instance, T.V. time, playing with friends, but the majority of parents don't really care, as long as they don't have to do the work. My parents for instance, feel that children were put on this world to do the work that the parents don't want to do. This is a little humane, but it's still a little bad."I'm glad you agree. Yes, some parents think this way, however that is somewhat justified. After all they've done for you, it's the least you can do, right?Sources:1. http://www.americanhumane.org...;