Today children go to school for 7 hours then come home and do their homework. Children these days work for their own money around the age of 15. Common jobs include small errands for neighbors or babysitting. During the industrial revolution kids as little as 3 years old would work up to 19 hours per day, with an hour break a day total. Many children in the late 1800’s lost their childhood. The only thing they had was work and home.