2⃣ Childhood 4) The Future Of Childhood Flashcards

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What did postman suggest the causes of childhood disappearing

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⚫️the result of television culture

➡replacing print culture

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Describe the disappearance of childhood view

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⚫️postman
➡️childhood is disappearing 
➡️children are becoming more like adults 
➡️gaining similar rights
➡️acing in similar ways
➡️clothing, leisure, crime
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What does in print culture mean

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⚫️children lacked the literacy skills
➡️needed to access information
➡️so adults cam keep knowledge about 
➡️sex, money, violence, illness and other adult matters
➡️secret from them
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What does television culture mean

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⚫️makes information availably
➡️to adults and children alike

➡️the boundary between
➡adulthood and childhood
➡️is broken down
➡️and adult authority weakened

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Give a negative evaluation of postman’s view of childhood disappearing

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⚫️he over emphasis a single factor
➡️ignoring others

➡️e.g rising living standards
➡️and legal changes

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State reasons why childhood is not disappearing

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⚫️opie
➡️separate children culture
➡️continues to exist in the form of
➡️games, songs, jokes

⚫️western childhood spreading
➡️like: separate life stage and school
➡️are being exported globally

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Describe the toxic childhood view

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⚫️palmer
➡️rapid technological and cultural changes
➡️damaging children’s development

➡️e.g junk food, computer games, long hours worked by parent
➡️leads to children being deprived of a genuine childhood

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Give recent evidence of toxic childhood

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⚫️UK youth near the top international leagu tables for
➡️obesity
➡️self-harm
➡️drug and alcohol abuse
➡violence
➡️teenage pregnancies 

⚫️UNICEF
➡️ranked Uk 21st out of 25 children well being

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Give a negative evaluation of the recent evidence of the toxic childhood

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⚫️not all children are equally affected by these trends
➡️those in higher social classes
➡️are less affected

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What does the continuity of childhood changes depend on

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⚫️emphasis on children rights

⚫length of time spent of education

⚫️children access to means of communication

⚫️growing similarities between children and adults
➡️in leisure activities dress, diet

⚫️adult concerns about children
➡️behaviour, discipline and exposure to ,media sex and violence

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What is Lees view of childhood

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⚫️concludes tjat childhood not disappeared
➡️but become more complex and contradictory
E.g.
➡️children more important as consumers
➡️but dependant on parents for their ourchasing powers

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