The document discusses the root causes of child labor and stress. It argues that the root cause is educational policies that are disconnected from productive skills and real-life needs. Students in mainstream education are cut off from productive domains and the education system relies too heavily on technology and books rather than practical skills. This leads children to drop out of unproductive education systems and become vulnerable to child labor. It suggests child labor can be stopped by making education nurture productive domains in addition to cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains. This requires decision makers to have a more objective and global perspective through the amalgamation of spiritualism and materialism.

1. BEAT
STRESS
DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. Any sensitive and sensible individual would
not like a child to undergo the coercion of
daily labor for survival. Apparently; this
conscientious feeling has been transformed
into international consensus against child
labor. Sadly though, it is being defeated
repeatedly, thereby producing enormous
stress; either perceived and identified clearly
or only sensed as vague and inexplicable
agitation and sickening agony in the heart!
The failure of the international consensus
and conscience; is due to the naive or
deliberate lack of dealing with the root of the
problem and continuing with the
philanthropic activities; and/or attempts
towards arbitrary imposition of laws to ban
child labor.

3. The root cause of child labor and consequent
stress is the educational policy that is bereft
of productive domain. The students of
science and arts (and professional colleges)
in the mainstream education are cut off from
productive skills and real life in the world!
This education is unnecessarily and highly
dependent on high tech gadgets and books,
calculators, computers and other teaching
and learning aids and revolves around the
elitist life (demands); neglecting the life
(needs) of vast majority, again; naively or
deliberately.
The children in unproductive education
system become suffocated child drop outs
and the vulnerable and easily available
helpless child labor. Those, who continue in
the education and get graduated; are unable

4. to get self-employed and either become
unemployed, frustrated and suicidal mental
wrecks or unemployed, frustrated but
arrogant criminals.
Child labor can be effectively stopped if the
education nurtures productive domain
besides, cognitive, psychomotor and affective
domains. This is possible if the decision
makers and the others concerned become
more objective and global in their
perspective.
This requires “yoga” i.e. amalgamation of
spiritualism and materialism! In other words
the enlightenment of NAMASMARAN must
get manifested in perspective, policies and
their implementation.