3. Has the POSITION of CHILDHOOD IMPROVED Flashcards
What is the Name of the VIEW that Argues that THE POSITION of CHILDHOOD IMPROVED
The MARCH OF PROGRESSS VIEW
What is the MARCH OF PROGRESS VIEW
- over past few centuries, the POSITION of CHILDREN in WEST has been STEADILY IIMPROVING and Today is BETTER than IT’S EVER BEEN.
- Children today are PROTECTED from HARM and EXPLOITIATION by LAWS against Child Abuse and Child Labour
- BETTER HEALTHCARE and HIGHER Standards of Living = Babies have a Much BETTER CHANCES of SURVIVAL
What are 2 CAUSES of CHILD-CENTEEDNESS?
- COMPULOSRY EDUCATION - Children are DEPEDNDANT on PARENTS for Longer- ‘Childhood’ has Become Extended
- PARENTAL FEARS of ‘STRANGER DANGER’ - Growing Dangers mean Children TRAVEL WITH PARENTS and Have LESS FREEDOM to Roam Around like They Used To
What are 3 NO points - the CONFLICT View of Childhood - Childhood ISN’T IMPROVING
(1) the DIFFICULTY Some YOUNG PEOPE feel GROWING UP in a POSTMODERN SOCIETY
(2) INEQUALITY AMONGST CHILDREN
(3) INEQUALITY BETWEEN CHILDREN and ADULTS
Explain the NO View that CHILDHOOD ISN’T IMPROVING - the DIFFICULTY some Young People Feel Growing Up in a POSTMODERN Society
PALMER - TOXIC CHILDHOOD - the Rapid TECHNOLOIGCAL and CULTURAL CHANGES have DAMGED Children’s PHYISCAL, EMOTIONAL and INTELLECTUAL Development.
Increasingly Stressed Lives of PARENTS have DEPRIVED CHILDREN of a ‘PROPER CHILDHOOD’, Quality Family Time. Modern World Created a ‘TOXIC CHILDHOOD SYNDROME’ - developing a Toxic Generation that Potentially faces Social and Behavioral Problems
Explain the NO View that CHILDHOOD ISN’T IMPROVING - INEQUALITY AMONGST CHILDREN
GIRLS MORE RESTRICTED than BOYS - MCROBBIE (2000) - Parents Still see Girls in GREATER PROTECTION from the OUTSIDE WORLD - Subjected to Stricter Social Controls From Parents, Spend MORE TIME in Family Home .
Explain the NO View that CHILDHOOD ISN’T IMPROVING - INEQUALITY between CHILDREN and ADULTS - RESOURCES
CHILDREN have Only LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES to EARN MONEY and so they REMAIN DEPEDANANT Economically on ADULTS : Labour Laws and Compulsory Education Exclude them from all But the MOST MARGINAL, LOW PAID PART TIME EMPLOYMEN
Pocket Money Depend on ‘Good Behaviour’ - Restrictions on What it can be Spend o n
Explain the NO View that CHILDHOOD ISN’T IMPROVING - INEQUALITY between CHILDREN and ADULTS - TIME
ADULTS in Modern Society CONTROL CHILDREN’ Daily ROUTINES, e.g. When they Get Up, Come Home, Go Out. They CONTROL the SPEED at Which CHILDREN ‘ GROW UP’ . They DEFINE WHETHER a Child is TOO OLD or TOO YOUNG for Activities, Responsibility, Behaviour.
