Childhood

Question 1

Malinowski

Answer 1

Studied Trobriand islands and found they tolerated children’s sexual exploitation

Question 2

Iona Opie

Answer 2

Childhood isn’t disappearing and there’s evidence for that - children’s playgrounds, tv shows etc

Question 3

Aries

Answer 3

Childhood is a recent invention. In Middle Ages children acted like mini adults - started to change in 13th century.

Question 4

Palmer

Answer 4

Toxic childhood - access to junk food, video games, intensive marketing to children and pressure from exams

Question 5

Punch

Answer 5

Studied Bolivian children - they started work as young as 5

Question 6

Postman

Answer 6

Childhood is disappearing at a dazzling speed - children have same rights as adults and wear the same clothes etc

Question 7

Jenks

Answer 7

Childhood isn’t disappearing it’s changing - parents becoming more preoccupied with surveillance of children

Question 8

Gittings

Answer 8

Age patriarchy - inequalities between adults and children

Question 9

Benedict

Answer 9

Takes comparative approach to studying childhood - comparing historical periods and cultures

Question 10

Wagg

Answer 10

Childhood is socially constructed - no single, universal childhood experienced by all

Question 11

Holmes

Answer 11

Children in Samoan villages are never too young to take on adult responsibilities

Question 12

Smart

Answer 12

Argues that we must include the views of children when studying childhood as they’re the ones living through it

Question 13

Firth

Answer 13

Studied Tikopia Clan and found less value placed on children showing obedience to adult authorities than in western countries