在北美殖民地建立的过程中,大量清教徒在移居殖民地的同时,也把其本土的价值观带到了这里。在清教观念中,劳动是上帝应许的唯一生存方式,是获得救赎的手段,是最好的生存方式,所有的人(包括儿童)都必须参加劳动,如果儿童不参加劳动就会养成懒惰的习惯,从而走向堕落。清教这种关于劳动——特别是儿童劳动的观念,为当时生产部门使用童工提供了理论依据。 During the establishment of colonies in North America, a large number of Puritans migrated to colonies at the same time, it also brought its own local values ​​here. In the concept of Puritanism, labor is God’s only way of subsistence, a means of redemption, the best way of life, and all people (including children) must participate in labor. If children do not participate in labor, they become lazy Habit, to the degeneration. The concept of Puritanism on labor, especially that of children, provided a theoretical basis for the use of child labor in the production sector at that time.