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Domestic child laborer is a burning problem of developing countries. Each and every sector of employment is not free from domestic child laborer and this train has been growing day by day. Though government and private sector are becoming conscious, the domestic child laborer problem will never be reduced from our society if not taken decisive measure. The main causes of child labours are poverty, migration, lack of proper guidance of their parents, social customs, lack of employment, joint family, lack of awareness of their parents, lack of implementation of government policy, the causes of step fathers and mothers, lack of educational status of child labourers etc. Most of the child labours are from household which run a food deficit and cannot feed their family throughout the year by their own agricultural land. ...............socialization and self identity formation of the human being begins in the childhood stage. So, proper guidance, healthy atmosphere is needed to shape the personality of the child.

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Ms. Chapagai Chaulagai has done masters in sociology from Tribhuvan University, Nepal in 2008. She is a resident of Kathmandu and have hands of experiences in the field of social development. Currently she is associated with a project on social development as development facilitator and interested to continue her carrier in the same field.

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