childhood Flashcards
opie
(new culture)
childhood is not actually disappearing
but in the modern day there is now seperate cultures, clothes and nursery ryhmes)
diff way of bringing up a child
womack
british children are the unhappiest in the west
Grimes
(GAMES)
computer games on virtual world reduce a childs creativity.
now consumers of commercial products
jenks(UNSTABLE RS)
parent focus on loving child as RS are now more unstable and based on ‘confulent love’
Aries
the posisition of children has improved
children didnt exist until after the middle ages
postman
children are now more exposed to adult culture
know and see of adult problems at such a young age
e.g movies, media,songs, clothing
punch
in rural bolvia, children have to take on work from around 5years old
palmer
AND evaluate
childhood toxic - spend too much time online or watching Tv and eating junk
1.families are less stable- parents less w kids
2.religion and culture disappeared
3.more prone to depression
EVAL:
1. experience of kids depends on their ethnicity, gender, religion, class
2.support- girls happiness declined 17% say they feel happy to 40% in 2009.
Townsend
over 1/3 of the worlds children are in absolute poverty
Boswell(opoosing Aeries)
children were abandoned as families were poor and parents hoped child would find a better life and learn to read and write
Margo et al(rich kids)
rich kids more likely to be part in a range of activities as they are able to afford it
cunnigham(childhood is being largely protected)
1.extended childhood until 18- till here children seen as fragile, vulnerable dependant and innocent
2. children occupy their own home space away from adults
3.child rights to be happy,safe and healthy
gittens (age patriatchy)
1.age patriarchy
2adults rule and control kids
3. kids protected and told what they can cant do
silva and cunnigham(childhood disappearing)
s- children more infulened by peers and teachers
c- kids have own pocket money and make own decisons on what they buy
how else is childhood disappearing
1.online pornography- extreme and violent
2.depicts degration and sexual agression
10%of 9 year olds have seen porn
3.asda forced to remove push up bra aimed at kids as young as 9
Eval-
1.ignores kids w no tech and from diff backgrounds