Hi Orla,
The safety of children is of utmost importance and the work given to them should be something that is safe for them to do as children. The program I saw on television was children doing work like collecting groceries and helping carry small plates from the kitchen to the table, which is something any child anywhere in the world could do.
Unfortunately, there are children in the world who do not even bother to wash their plates or make their beds in the morning. My Mother trained me from a young age to make my bed, wash my plates and clean my room. Later in life, as a teenager, I was also taught to do the shopping for groceries which I enjoy doing as an adult.
A moderate amount of work suitable for a child should be done by a child, and the level of work naturally increases as they reach their teenage years when they prefer to sit around playing games on their smartphones and eating burgers and hotdogs for lunch and dinner.
Thank you for your feedback Orla. :)