childhood experiences improved

Question 1

How has the experience of childhood improved?

Answer 1

Sociologists such as functionalists and liberal feminists take a march of progress view of children arguing that childhood has improved significantly by comparing it to the dark past of childhood

Question 2

What is some evidence that childhood has improved?

Answer 2

• The Children And Social Work Act 2017 - improved childhood because it promoted the welfare and safe guarding of children
• Working together to Safeguard act 2018 - this reinforces childhood protection whilst also colliding public bodies such as schools to provide the best care for children-

these policies conflict with the previous promotion of childhood as seen in the 18th century where children were not safeguarded and treated at min adults- Aires

Question 3

How has childhood changed that has improved the experience?

Answer 3

-Childhood has improved since the Victorian era because:
- Child labour has been restricted
- Schooling has become compulsory till the age of 18/ which differs from the Victorian era because only middle class boys could go to school- Lib Fems would Highlight march of progress
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- There has been an increase in welfare and child protection eg the children and social care act

• Parents spend much more money on children , seen as an economic burden than an asset differs from traditional views on childhood

Question 4

What do sociologists who take a march of progress view on childhood see society and the family as?

Answer 4

• Child centred for example
• Parents invest financially , and emotionally in there children eg saving money for their future, whereas Victorian parents didn’t see this as necessary because the infant mortality rate was low
• CHILDREN are no longer seen and not heard, which means they can voice there opinions and beliefs without a feeling of fear- eg Victorian discipline very different from modern views
• Children are now the focal point of the family eg family holidays often focused around children

Question 5

What is the conflict view of childhood experiences|?

Answer 5

The conflict view of Childhood experiences is demonstrated by MARXISTS AND FEMNISTS (rad) who take a negative perspective on childhood arguing that society is based on inequality of power which reflects in the experiences of childhood

Question 6

What do sociologists criticise about the march of progress view?

Answer 6

Conflict theory’s criticise the march of progress view suggesting it is based on a false and idealised image that ignores the inequality in society

Question 7

Name some criticisms of the view that childhood has improved

Answer 7

• technological changes have resulted in the significant harm of children this is known as Toxic childhood according to PALMER
• sociologists such as furedi argue that today children are overprotected and too controlled he stated that we live in a age of paranoid parenting
• There is still inequalities between children such as age class , ethnicity that has effected there experiences of childhood. may be some progress but not equal

Question 8

Explain what it is meant by toxic childhood and what theorist has stated this idea.

Answer 8

• Palmer highlighted the idea of toxic childhood which refers to the damaging effects of the 21st century where they were not appropriately socialised to maintain the norms and values needed for society to function well.

Question 9

Explain some inequalities between children.

Answer 9

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