Lincoln and Children /Child Labor : recollection of stories and questions.

[Mylye2222]

We are all aware Lincoln loved children, not only his owns but other's as well. He was beyond his era in treating them as well in interwiews as grown up people
We know he was helpful and benevolent to many of them. Both in his formative /lawyers and Springfield residents years and later as President.
Among those stories (though some may be legend, some are true.)
-A little girl of 9 called alone in the White House and got her deserting brother pardoned.
-A young boy who was looking for a job as a page in the House showed his petition to Lincoln. He first told him he wasn't in charge of House recruiting, but upon the boys insistence, he wrote him a recommendation to show to the doorkeeper at Capitol.
-À former drummer boy, who was just out from hospital, and had nowhere to return after his father's death on the battlefield got interwiew. Lincoln first offered him a place as a newspaper boy, but when the boy replied he was still too sick, Lincoln wrote a card directing some authorities to care of him.

Are there more stories, especially regarding the Presidency to share over here?

Secondly, we know Lincoln spoke once in New Salem his wiews of schooling and education. He favored it. We also know he'd rather been happier as a kid with more instruction and less farm work.

But what did he thought of child labor? Did he had plans to reduce it in sometimes during his second term? After all at the time it was a necessity for most popular families and President himself, as stated above, sent teenagers to work in places in Washington. But does exist a document stating his opinion on the issue? Also at the time, weren't there early advocacy for public instruction and reducing of child labor?

He'd visited a House of Industry in New York. There, yes did the children work, but they had also schooling. It was an early form of apprenticeship. By reducing child labor, I mean putting regulations on it. I doubt he would have suppressed because it was a necessity, but still I can't imagine Abraham Lincoln allowing 5 years old kids digging into a coal mining!

Thank you everyone.