Children used to work at young ages to help support their families due to poor economic conditions, but laws changed at the start of the 20th century making school attendance obligatory for both boys and girls. Now teens cannot work legally until age 17 and must complete secondary school education first.

1. In the past, children of all ages used to work. They had to work in farms...helping
at home… because the economic situation was very low and they had to work to
survive their families. .
At the beginning of the 20th century, this law changed. Children had to go to school
obligatory.
Both, boys and girls.
Nowadays, teens can’t work until 17 years old. They have to study until they
finish the secondary school.