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ADD CHILDBEARING AND REARING LESSON 22 FEB

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some sociologists argue that childhood is biologically determined: what does this mean?

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  • defined by developmental milestones
  • puberty
  • brain development
  • universal to the universal species

everyone goes through these and therefore childhood is a fixed stage in our life cycle, this impacts our perception of what children can and can’t do (socially constructed)

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some sociologists argue that childhood is socially constructed: what does this mean?

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  • different experiences historically
  • different experiences culturally
  • intra class/gender differences/ethnicity variation

interactionists argue that society makes up our idea of childhood
time, culture, acceptable behaviour, length, how they should be treated are evidence of this

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cultural relativism studies

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  • Malinowski- trobriand island: children are much freer sexually and romantically
  • Turnbull- the mountain people: children could survive even when abandoned
  • Firth- Tikopia island tribe: carried out dangerous tasks when they/adults felt they were ready
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Aries (1973)

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  • looked at paintings/ personal documents
  • children were seen as ‘miniature adults’ who dressed the same and did the same activities (sex,fighting and work)
  • however, only wealthy families were paonted so it doesn’t represent all classes
  • they could have been made to dress up as well

industrialisation changed this!
production moves to factories, health and safety and child labour laws were implemented so children were kept seperate from work as things to protect and educate

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how has childhood improved? De Mause

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the further back history goes, the lower the level of childcare and the more likely they are to be killed, abandoned, terrorised and sexually abused

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Shorter

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marriage is now about love, relationships are special and this extends to children and the way they are viewed and treated

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Postman- technological advances

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  • the printing press has advanced, meaning that literacy is a requirement
  • adults become the gatekeepers of information, children are taught how to read so that they can access technology
  • therefore, children go to school and education becomes the new work so that they have time to learn, however this means they stay dependent longer because they switch from economic asset to economic liability
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cost of having childen

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  • economic asset -> economic liability
  • so people have fewer! this means TFR and birth rate drop, they can’t earn money and they cost more due to child centredness
  • this means more money is available to spend on them and a market exists around them
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Donzelot

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family becomes ‘policed’ by experts like doctors so parents feel they have to raise their children better than ever

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children today are… 7 Ps!

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privelaged- time, space education
protected- safeguarded, laws
policed- controlled, watched
prided- by parents, society, education
pivotal- central to fams
politicised- education and childhood policies
producers- consumers, huge market

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toxic childhood- Sue Palmer

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  • commercialisation of childhood
  • schoolification
  • testing and targets
  • shortening attention spans
  • decline of outdoor play
  • screen saturation
  • rapid technological and cultural changes harm children
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functional / nr perspectives on toxic childhood

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  • primary socialisation is key to a happy childhood
  • stable families (nuclear) ensure good socialisation- discipline, development of gender roles, safety and wellbeing
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Phillips (1997) - culture of parenting broken by:

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  1. liberal views - kids have too much power and parents have lost authority becuase they can no longer inflict physical punishment
  2. media/peers are more influental than parents eg online influencers

this loss of control and influence of media→ more sexualisation, kids grow up faster than emotional development allows = self harm, depression, ED
roles have been undermined

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marixst perspectives on toxic childhood

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  • children are main drivers of consumerism, which is good for capitalism
  • parents worry about safety of children and risk in society- ‘stuff’ keeps them safely at home/indoors
  • kids aged 7-11 are worth 20M pounds per year as consumers in the UK
  • targeted by marketing media- cash rich, time poor parents are made to feel better
  • children are ‘conspicuous’ consumers because they have things to show off to peers
  • ideologically controlled by education,media etc
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feminist perespectives

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  • pressure for girls to ‘have it all’
  • girls’ body image suffers from empowerment of female adults
  • children benefit from both parents being care givers
  • children see Dads doing domestic tasks and women earning, so this is perpetuated
  • girls are at risk in home as well as women, dark side, feminists worry
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social action perspectives (micro approach) on toxic childhood

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  • children have free choice and agency and are not just empty vessels waiting to be filled
  • kids actively contribute to family life, not passively absorb it
  • childhood is not static/universal but is negotiated w parents
  • kids are more individualised so they struggle to fit in more
  • they want more privacy and struggle with the balance of new media + screens vs being connected to family or giving them space
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postmodernist perspectives

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  • children are now more involved in family decisions
  • BECK- more risks for children including technology
  • CHAMBERS- parents have become more answerable to their children to they feel they cannot disagree
  • family diversity- there are different experiences of childhood
  • globalisation= some kids better in work than in poverty @ home
  • some kids cannot access what western kids do due to lack of infrastructure/wealth
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Pilcher

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  • children are seperate as consumers and are defined very differently to adults, this is shown in there being play areas just for children
  • they are made to feel different through clothing and cartoons, this accords with their needs
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James and Prout

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  • children are amoral, immature, dependent and inferior
  • whereas adults are able to dominate because they are moral decision makers. mature, dependent and superior

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