childhood- has it improved? Flashcards

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DeMause

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The further back in history you go, the worse childhood gets.

Controversially stated that the ill-treatment of children led to adults who were war-like and aggressive, which allowed for groups like Nazi’s to exist.

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Aries and Shorter

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The ‘march of progress view’

-cult of childhood

-fertility rate is now better, so parents build connections with their children more.

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IMR- infant mortality rate

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1900- 154 per 1 000
Now- 4 per 1 000

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Fertility rate

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1860- 5.6
Now- under 1.5

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5
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Money spent on kids

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£227 000 spent on kids until they are 21 years old

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Palmer

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‘Toxic childhood’
- technological advancement, while positive for adults, has led to children’s physical, emotional, and educational development being damaged

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Rotherham Case Study

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Between 1997 and 2013, 1 400 girls were sexually abused by groups of paedophiles.
Police and local authorities failed to protect these girls, even with reports being made.

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8
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Hillman

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Boys are more likely to be allowed to go out after dark

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9
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Bonke

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Girls do more chores than boys (5 hours more in single parent families)

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Firestone and Holt

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Actions for care and protection actually are a form of control over kids.
e.g. banned paid work means children are forced to be dependent.

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Cunningham

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8 year olds ‘home habitat’ has shrunk 9x from what it was 25 years ago

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12
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Katz

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Rural sudanese children are allowed to roam freely

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13
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Gittens

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The ‘Age Patriarchy’
-adult domination and children being dependent

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14
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Hockey and James

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Children try and get away from their modern childhood status by:
‘acting up’- trying to seem older than their age/to be more like adults
or
‘acting down’- trying to seem younger to be cared for more

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15
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Mayall- new sociology of childhood

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Shouldn’t take an ‘adultist’ point of view to children, shouldn’t see them as a ‘socialisation project’ for adults

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16
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Smart- new sociology of childhood

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We should look at the view and experience of children themselves as active agents in their life

17
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Tipper- new sociology of childhood

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Children actively choose who is part of their family by seeing who they’re ‘close’ to (shows they have agency)