This article focuses on the global and African postures on the issues of child abuse and child labour. The global ethical ideals of the issues are characterized within their various theoretical perspectives while the African cultural realities are explored through the use of focus group discussion sessions, which were organized in six rural farming communities in Nigeria. The qualitative data collected are reported in a box form. The emerging facts among others are the consensus of the global and African perspectives on the need to: protect children against hazards and dangers (physical and psychological injuries); provide basic needs for children so as not to make them responsible for the needs too early in life and; allow children to go to school in order to be educated. However, it was revealed that what is considered an abuse in a culture may not be regarded as an abuse in another. The African culture thus emphasized the importance of training as a socialization process, especially in farming and home chores. These are achievable in the prevailing culture, social and environmental conditions in which the children are being raised.