Childhood - done Flashcards
topics within childhood
as a social construct
the future of childhood
has the position of childhood improved
modern western notion of childhood - as a social construct
PILCHER - most important feature of childhood is separateness - it is a clear and distinctive stage in life - different to adults - age restrictions
- childhood is the golden age of innocence and happiness
WAGG - there is no universal childhood -different cultures define it differently
cross cultural differences in childhood - as a social construct
Benedoct -non inductrial societies see children differently
- take responsibility younger, less obedience towards adults, childrens sexual behaviour viewed dif
- they argue that in many non industrial societies the divide between children and adults is much less - shoes childhood is not fixed or universal
historical differenes in childhood - as a social construct
ARIES - argues childhood did not exist in the middle ages as children were not seen as different from children
reasons for the change in the position of childhood - as a social construct
- laws restricting childlabout and wxcluding them from paid work
- compulsory schooling, child protection and welfare legislation, child rights
- lower infant mortality and family size
- industrialisation
disappearance of childhood - the future of childhood
POSTMAN - chldhood is disappearing as they are being given the same rights as adults - becoming more like them - because of downfall of print culture and its replacment of tv culture
childhood in postmodernity - the future of childhood
unlike postman, JENKS does not believe childhood is disappearing but rather changing - agrees with ARIES that childhood was made in modernity - it was made to prepare young people for adult life and to make stronger bonds with parents
MOP view - has the position improved
childhood is steadily improving - ARIES AND SHORTER
CHILD CENTRED FAMILIES - has the position improved
Smaller families = parents can provide better
MOP see child centredness as focal point of not just fam, but society as a whole
TOXIC CHILDHOOD - has the position improved
PALMER - against the view that childhood is better than ever - technological and logical changes damaged physical, emotional and intellectual development
Conflict view - has the position improved
MARX + FEM dispute MOP - society conflicts between class and gender - some groups have more power
CRITICISMS OF MOP
- children have inequalities in terms of opportunities and risks
- children experience greater control, oppression and dependency
innequalities between children - has the position improved
class - 90% of world low birth rates are in developing countries
GENDER - HILLMAN: boys allowed more freedom, BONLEE - girls do more labor
ETHNICITY - asian parents are more likely to be strict on daughters
Neglect and abuse - has the position improved
43,000 children in protection plans becuase of abuse
- sexual
- emotional
- physical
control over childrens time - has the position improved
diet, schedules, television, sleep and wake up times
- adults control speed in ehich children grow up - wether too old or young
control over childrens bodies - has the position improved
how they sit, walk, wash, eat, run, dressed, clothes they wear, hands held, hair, cuddled and kissed, piercings, and discipline
- the way children touch themselves - nose picking
