There are various interrelated and diverse factors that motive or push children to migraternfrom their place of origin to the cities. This research explores the causes that push or motivaternchildren for out-migration from Edja district, Dessena Kebele to different cities in Ethiopia.rnEighteen (18) individuals were selected to participate in the research as respondents from therncommunity using single criterion: sending at least one child to the cities. In-depth interviewrnand field observation were used to collect data from the respondents of the study. As thernfinding of the study indicated the major causes of child out-migration to the cities are relatedrnwith the economy of the district. But there are other factors, like the positive perception of therncommunity respondents about life in the cities, large family size, poor health and educationalrnservices that push or motivate children to migrate to the cities. The implication of this studyrnfor social work practice is that social worker may intervene in raising the awareness of therncommunity about the negative effects of child out-migration, the importance of education forrnchildrenâ€™s future career development and the benefit of having small family size. Besides, itrncould be suggested that since child out-migration is one of the livelihood strategies of therncommunity it could be difficult to minimize child out-migration. Thus, teaching the childrenrnas well as the community how to overcome the problems the children my encounter in therncities, is important. Generally, economic poverty of the community is one of the major causesrnfor child out-migration to the cities from the study area