This article examines how working children understand the morality of child labor. Drawing on interviews with children in Bolivia and Ecuador, I find that children call child labor moral when it helps them manage their social ties. Working children do not think of themselves as individuals needing care (per international organizations like the International Labor Organization) or as a cultural group needing recognition (per the “working children’s movements”). Rather, children describe themselves as morally upright members of intimate networks. I conclude by introducing the concept of relational dignity.

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无价的孩子反驳：上班的孩子如何应对全球反对童工的规范

本文探讨了工作的儿童如何理解童工的道德。在对玻利维亚和厄瓜多尔的儿童进行采访时，我发现儿童在帮助他们管理社会关系时称童工为道德。在职儿童不会将自己视为需要照顾的个人（根据国际劳工组织这样的国际组织），也不是需要得到认可的文化团体（根据“在职儿童的运动”）。相反，孩子们将自己描述为亲密网络中道德正直的成员。最后，我介绍了关系尊严的概念。