Narrative research of children resorting to child labor in the city of Mashhad

The present study aims to investigate and identify the processes of making children subject to child labor. For this purpose, narrative research method is used to detect these processes and the narrative interview technique to grasp the life story of working children. The population in this study is working children living in the city of Mashhad in 2016. After 15 interviews with the children, theoretical saturation was achieved and then the continuous and effective factors on resorting children to work is extracted through which the process of child labor is determined as a plot. According to the research findings, four general processes can be considered for turning into a working child which include: (1) the children of immigrants dealing with poverty.In the process, poverty along with addiction in the family lead to using children as a labor force. (2) The process of children of families who working subculture is existed among them. (3) The process of children whose parents are irresponsible towards their children. Children in these families resort to work due to the economic and social benefits because their irresponsible parents do not provide appropriate well-being conditions for them. (4) The process of children in the families with begging subculture.In such families, children are forced to work to earn money for the family.