children

Question 1

what is a social construction?

Answer 1

Something created by society and does not occur naturally?

Question 2

what are some modern western idea of childhood?

Answer 2

• physically and psychological immature
• special time period of life
• very separate from adulthood
  separate legal children

Question 3

what are some cross cultural differences with childhoods across countries?

Answer 3

• cross cultural differences is that many other countries trust children with responsibility
• There is no shared universal experiences that defines childhood
• less value is placed on obedience to children across the world

Question 4

what is W.E.I.R.D stand for

Answer 4

• western , educated, industrialized, Rich, Developed

- this is an acronym to describe western society

Question 5

what is one global difference in how children are viewed.

Answer 5

Children sexual behavior is viewed differently across the world

Question 6

How where children previously viewed by society?

Answer 6

• Childhood as a concept was did not exist
• Once a kid was physically dependent they weren’t seen of having any different needs as adults
• viewed as mini adults with no distinction between them and adults

Question 7

what is the modern day view of children and childhood?

Answer 7

• 20th centaury coined as the “centaury of the child”
• Aries believed that childhood is socially constructed
• this began when schools where pushed as being a place of education for the young and acted as a driving force in current childhood culture

Question 8

what are some reasons for he change in position of children?

Answer 8

• Laws restricting child labor made it that children became a liability rather then an asset
• Introduction of compulsory school where as before it was a choice
• lower infant mortality rate and declining in family size
• children development became the subject of medical knowledge

Question 9

What did Boulton say about say about the responsibility of caring for children?

Answer 9

He said that fathers may help out with childcare but the mother takes more responsibility with the kids
- in 70 families he found that only 3 of them had fathers as the main care giver

Question 10

what is the definition of triple shift?

Answer 10

Made by Duncombe and marsdem the triple shift is what women take on in the family and it consists of

• paid work
• house work
• emotional work

Question 11

How are resources and decision making decided in most families?

Answer 11

• Men gain more from women’s domestic work then they do financially give back
• ## men make important spending decisions rather then it be decided with other things