Ch.5, Social Construction of Childhood Flashcards
Philippe Aries and centuries of childhood
argued that the concept of childhood dint exist in medieval Europe; children were seen as smaller and less physically capable adults
Idea of adolescence and WWIII
collective understanding of adolescence as a distinct period in the life course with a culture of its own didn’t exist prior to the end of Second World War
How has good parenting ideas changed in the past 3 decades?
good parenting has become much more child centered and intensive
Sharon Hays, Intensive Parenting and contradictions of motherhood
coined the term intensive mothering; she saw this as the unprecedented attentiveness to children’s self worth, psychological health, and cognitive development expected from mothers
Concerted Cultivation
parenting tragedy that involves fostering the development of reasoning and language skills in children through parents daily interactions and enrolling children in numerous structured activities designed to give them a cultural and intellectual advantage
WWII and child development
more psychologiosts were studying development in orphanages and with children with trauma from the war
John Bowlby, maternal deprivation and attachment
Dr Spock’s book on child care and how it impacted parenting
provided a more relaxed approach to child rearing
Neoliberal Rationality
stressed individual rather than collective needs, rationalized capitalism
Risk culture
increasing focus on risk following neoliberalism,, and growing discussions of the votality off the markets and uncertainty of the world: CREATED IMPACTS FOR PARENTING, in that proper parents should anticipate, manage or avoid any risks that children might encounter; now extensively lowered what is considered “acceptable” risk for a child
“new brain research”
in the 90s, said that parents could literally affect the way their children brains were wired; this was overstated and inaccurate, but became very popular
What effect does childbearing have on heterosexual marriages>?.
gender inequalities tend to increase and deepen
Effects of pandemic on mothering
more women lost or had to put their jobs to perform childcare tasks
“She-covery” concept
that economic recovery cannot be made until women return to the workforce and and accessible childcare is prioritized after the effects if the pandemic
Intensive parenting and biases
a very white, middle class ideal assuming parents have the time, money, attention, and resources to care for their children in this way
