Childhood

Question 1

Cunningham

Answer 1

Child - centred - society has 3 major features
Childhood(which legally is up until you are 18)
Social worlds
Certain rights - happy and stress free

Question 2

Chapman

Answer 2

19th century when children became recognised as a transitional state

Question 3

What us child poverty

Answer 3

Child growing up in poverty

Question 4

Ways the state supports childhood

Answer 4

NHS, shapes and supports socialisation in school, police families are thought to be at risk, exclude children from activities up until 18, laws and punishments for those who don’t treat children properly, pays child benefit and child tax credit to parents, 1991 child support act protects children’s welfare in the event of a divorce, Coalition Government of 2010-15 aim to reduce poverty

Question 5

Is childhood a fixed experience

Answer 5

No it’s a universal relative one

Question 6

Benedict

Answer 6

Children in non industrial societies are treated differently to in western communities
In blovia expected to work at home from 5

Question 7

Aries

Answer 7

Today children are valued more and treated better

Question 8

Infant mortality rate 1990-2016

Answer 8

154/1000 - 4/1000

Question 9

Palmer

Answer 9

Rapid technelogical + cultural changes are damaging children’s growth
Junk food and video games, leading to more depression and obesity

Question 10

Postman - postmodernity

Answer 10

Childhood is disappearing

Question 11

Jenks on postman

Answer 11

Not disappearing but changing as in postmodern society, divorce is more common which makes relationship with children even more important

Question 12

What is childhood seen as

Answer 12

Golden age

Question 13

Who feels more loyalty to parents

Answer 13

Muslim, hindu and sikhs feel a stronger sense of obligation and duty to their parents and not bringing shame to their family

Question 14

Ghuman multiculturalism

Answer 14

Asian parents have a larger generational conflict on topics such as fashion, dating and marriage, often resolved through compromise

Question 15

New right

Answer 15

Primary socialisation is vital, loving parents, mum stays at home to look after the kid

Question 16

Postman argument for childhood loss

Answer 16

Impact of television means less secrets are held for young children

Question 17

Postman arguemnet for childhood disappearing

Answer 17

Social blurring, less distinction between adults and children. Video games, fashion music. Traditional features also dying as a result of more economic dependence on parents

Question 18

Brooks criticism of postman

Answer 18

Parents are in fact too focused on keeping their child safe and innocent in a world with so much technology

Question 19

Femenism

Answer 19

Walter argues in the 1990s, there was a huge celebration for women sexuality and bodies which have now trickled over to young women now, sexualising themselves with shows such as the Kardashian’s.

Question 20

Given tasks at childhood from parents

Answer 20

Dad asks son to help fix or move
Mum asks daughter to help cook

Question 21

Giddens post modernism

Answer 21

Parents now have to be answerable to their kids and to offer tyem respect in order to be respected