2⃣ Childhood 4) The Future Of Childhood

Question 0

What did postman suggest the causes of childhood disappearing

Answer 0

⚫️the result of television culture

➡replacing print culture

Question 1

Describe the disappearance of childhood view

Answer 1

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

Question 2

What does in print culture mean

Answer 2

⚫️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

Question 3

What does television culture mean

Answer 3

⚫️makes information availably
➡️to adults and children alike

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

Question 4

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

Answer 4

⚫️he over emphasis a single factor
➡️ignoring others

➡️e.g rising living standards
➡️and legal changes

Question 5

State reasons why childhood is not disappearing

Answer 5

⚫️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

Question 6

Describe the toxic childhood view

Answer 6

⚫️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

Question 7

Give recent evidence of toxic childhood

Answer 7

⚫️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

Question 8

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

Answer 8

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

Question 9

What does the continuity of childhood changes depend on

Answer 9

⚫️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

Question 10

What is Lees view of childhood

Answer 10

⚫️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