Childhood

Question 1

Childhood is often said to be a ___ ___, defined by the ___ and interpretation a culture attaches to it.

Answer 1

Social
Construction
Value

Question 2

Archard (1993) said childhood is based on notions of ___ from adulthood.

Answer 2

Separateness

Question 3

____ is emerging today.

Answer 3

Childcentredness

Question 4

Brigette and Peter Berger (1983) note that since ___ ___ rates decreased, children have become more important.

Answer 4

Infant

Mortality

Question 5

Aries (1973) said the idea of children being ___ is a recent ___ creation.

Answer 5

Vulnerable

Cultural

Question 6

Postman (1985) says childhood is ___ in modern society.

Answer 6

Disappearing

Question 7

Many ___ are now aimed at children.

Answer 7

Children

Question 8

Before ___, children contributed to the family and now they ___ on it.

Answer 8

Capitalism

Depend

Question 9

Aries (1973) says childhood is a recent phenomenon due to the ___ of ___ schooling and the ___ of child labour.

Answer 9

Length
Compulsory
Illegality

Question 10

Very few children leave school at ___ to work.

Answer 10

16

Question 11

___ and ___ are now majority experiences.

Answer 11

FE

HE

Question 12

In the ___ ___, childhood did not exist.

Answer 12

Middle

Ages

Question 13

Children in pre-industrial times worked on the ___ with their parents and weren’t treated ___ to adults.

Answer 13

Land

Differently

Question 14

Children in industrial times were employed in ___ and as ___ ___.

Answer 14

Factories
Chimney
Sweeps

Question 15

Children today are ___ by laws, have to go to ___ and have ___ food and drink made for them.

Answer 15

Protected
School
Special

Question 16

Childhood can be a negative experience due to ___ abuse, ___ and increased ___.

Answer 16

Child
Bullying
Divorce

Question 17

Parents now ___ more in children.

Answer 17

Invest

Question 18

The ___ protects children.

Answer 18

State

Question 19

Decline in the ___ ___ rate has lead to more love and care for ___.

Answer 19

Infant
Mortality
Children

Question 20

From ___, all children had to attend school.

Answer 20

1880

Question 21

Parents now have more ___ time thanks to less ___ work schedules.

Answer 21

Leisure

Strenuous

Question 22

___ restrictions apply to separate children and adults.

Answer 22

Age

Question 23

___ media has an impact on children.

Answer 23

Mass

Question 24

Children in simpler societies are given more ___ at an earlier age, less ___ and viewed differently in terms of ___ behaviour.

Answer 24

Responsibility
Obedient
Sexual

Question 25

Over ___% of children are in absolute poverty.

Answer 25

33

Question 26

Children in the developing world are more at risk of ___ ___.

Answer 26

Infectious

Diseases

Question 27

More than ___ children are soldiers.

Answer 27

500,000

Question 28

The ___ of ___ view supports the idea that the lives of most children have improved.

Answer 28

March

Progress

Question 29

The conflict view points out that ___ between children still exist and inequalities between ___ and ___ exist.

Answer 29

Inequalities
Children
Adults

Question 30

Postman (1994) says childhood is ___ as children grow up too ___.

Answer 30

Dying

Fast

Question 31

Lee (2001) said children are ___ and ___.

Answer 31

Unstable

Incomplete

Question 32

Since ___, children’s views are listened to more.

Answer 32

1989

Question 33

Rogers (2001) identified two images of childhood, the ___ and wholesome child and the wicked and ___ child.

Answer 33

Innocent

Sinful

Question 34

___ and the ___ ___ take a conventional view of childhood.

Answer 34

Functionalists

New Right

Question 35

Palmer (2006) says children are experiencing a ___ childhood with ___ food, ___ games, intensive ___ and a growing emphasis on testing in ___.

Answer 35

Toxic
Junk
Computer
Monitoring
Education

Question 36

Opie (1993) says childhood is not ___.

Answer 36

Disappearing