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Childhood - How has the Position of Children Improved? Flashcards

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March of progress view of the position of children

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Position of children in western societies has been gradually improving and it better than it has ever been today

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Two sociologists who believe in the march of progress view

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Ariès and Shorter

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Why is the position of children better than that of children in previous generations according to Ariès and Shorter? (5 reasons)

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Children are:
-More valued
-Better cared for
-Better educated
-Healthier
-Have more rights

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What has led to lower IMR?

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Better healthcare

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What can parents afford to do as result of higher living standards and smaller family sizes?

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Afford to provide for their children’s needs properly

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Average cost of raising child to age of 18 in UK

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£150,000 - £200,000

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What has the family became more according to march of progress sociologists?

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More child-centred

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Why has the family become more child-centred?

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Because parents invest more emotionally and financially into their children than ever before

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Who developed the idea of toxic childhood?

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Palmer

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What does Palmer’s toxic childhood suggests about childhood which is different to march of progress view?

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It isn’t better than it has ever been

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What has been damaged in the last 25 years due to rapid technological and cultural changes according to Palmer’s toxic childhood?

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Children’s emotional, physical and intellectual development

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Examples of technological and cultural changes

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Junk food
Intensive marketing to children
Computer games
Long hours worked by parents
Growing pressure on educational testing

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What do UK youths have above rates in international league tables of? (Palmer’s toxic childhood)

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Obesity
Self-harm
Drug/alcohol abuse
Violence
Early sexual experience
Teenage pregnancies

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Out of 21 countries, what did UNICEF put the UK at following a report on Well-being of the Child?

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16/21

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What do conflict sociologists (Marxists and feminists) argue society is based on?

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Conflict between different social groups as some groups having more wealth, status and power than others

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What is the march of progress view based on according to conflict sociologists?

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False and idealised images that ignore inequalities

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Two reasons why conflict sociologists criticise the march of progress view

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Inequalities among children are ignored
Inequalities between children and adults are ignored

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4 types of inequalities among children

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Cultural
Gender
Ethnic
Classm

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Where are 90% of lowest body-weight babies born? (Cultural differences among children)

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Developing countries

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What are boys more likely to be able to do unaccompanied from a younger age than girls according to Hillman? (Gender differences among children)

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Cross or cycle on roads
Use buses
Go out after dark

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Following a study of 15-16 year olds, what are Asian parents more likely to be according to Brannen? (Ethnic differences among children)

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More likely to be strict to their daughters than other parents

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What could be a restriction of childhood according to Bhatti? (Ethnic differences among children)

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Ideas of izzat

23
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Izzit

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Concept of honour mostly in North Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi cultures

24
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What babies are poor mothers more likely to have? (Class differences among children)

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Low body-weight babies

25
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What are children born into poorer families more likely to do? (Class differences among children)

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Die during infancy or childhood

26
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What are many of the things that march of progress sociologists see as protection and care a new form of according to Firestone and Holt?

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A new form of oppression and control

27
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What is protection of children from paid work a form of according to Firestone?

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Inequality

28
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What is protection of children from paid work a way of making children according to Firestone?

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Making children more dependent, powerless and subject to adult control

29
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Child liberationalism

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View that children need to be freed from adult control

30
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What extreme form can adult control over children take?

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Extreme form of physical neglect or physical/sexual abuse

31
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How many children were subject to the Child Protection Plan in 2022?

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50,920

32
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How many children were subject to the Child Protection Plan in 2013?

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43,000

33
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How many calls does Child Line receive a year from children saying they have been sexually or physically abused?

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20,000

34
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Examples of how children’s movements in industrial societies are highly regulated

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Shops may display signs like “no schoolchildren” or “only 2 schoolchildren allowed at once”

35
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What percentage of primary school children were allowed to travel to and from school alone in 1971?

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86%

36
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What percentage of primary school children were allowed to travel to and from school alone in 2010?

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25%

37
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Examples of how adults control children’s daily routines

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Adults control time children wake up, eat, go to school and sleep

38
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3 ways in which adults control their children’s bodies

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Control his they look
Control how their touch their own bodies
Touch their children’s bodies when they want (E.g. they wash them, pick them up and cuddle them)

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Why are children economically dependent on adults?

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Because children’s opportunities to earn money are limited

40
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Who do state child benefits go to?

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Parents, instead of children

41
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How is pocket money a way in which scuffs control children’s access to money?

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Pocket money may be given by parents due to good behaviour
Parents will control what the money is spent on

42
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Who developed idea of age patriarchy?

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Gittins

43
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What does the age patriarchy state?

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There are inequalities between children and adults due to adult domination and child dependency

44
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Definition of patriarchy

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Rule by the father

45
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How is father power present?

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In form of violence against children and women

46
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According to a study of 200 women who left abusive partners by Humphreys and Thiara, what was the reason for 25% of them?

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Fears for children’s lives

47
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According to Hockey and James, how do children resist the status of child?

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By acting like adults through activities such as drinking, smoking and swearing

48
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What is childhood according to Hockey and James?

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A concept that most children want to escaped

49
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What do critics of child liberationalist view argue about some adult control over children?

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It is justified on grounds that children can’t make rational choices so are unable to safeguard themselves

50
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What does the ‘new sociology of childhood’ see children as?

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Active agents who play a major part in creating their own childhood, instead of children being adults in the making

51
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How do children play an active role in divorce according to Smart et al?

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By trying to make the situation better

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