Children in Contemporary Britain

Question 1

contemporary children - child-centredness (more money/time)

Answer 1

smaller families = more individual attention dedicated to each child
decreased working hours = more time spend with children
higher wages & standard of living = more money spent on them

Question 2

contemporary children - child-centredness (care for them)

Answer 2

welfare state benefits make sure parents care for children

social workers can intervene so parents make sure they care form them

Question 3

contemporary children - child-centredness (educating parents)

Answer 3

paediatrics and books encourages full development

Question 4

contemporary children - child-centredness (compulsory education)

Answer 4

younger people are dependent on their parents for longer periods of time

Question 5

contemporary children - child-centredness (fears)

Answer 5

parental fears means children always travel with parent

Question 6

contemporary children - child-centredness (pester power)

Answer 6

childhood consumer marker

advertisers target children to convince their parents into spending

Question 7

contemporary children - legal control over children

Answer 7

children seen as irresponsible & immature
laws prevent them from engaging in particular activities
form of social control, undermining their independence and enforcing dependence on adults - age patriarchy

Question 8

contemporary children - unhappy children (how many children live apart from their father?)

Answer 8

1/3

family breakdown causes distress and leads to bad physical/mental health, failure at school, exposed to risks

Question 9

contemporary children - unhappy children (in britain, what is the highest in europe?

Answer 9

teenage pregnancy

Question 10

contemporary children - unhappy children (how many children live in poverty?)

Answer 10

3.7 million in the UK

Question 11

contemporary children - how many children run away?)

Answer 11

9%
family life not happy
dependence means they have few opportunities to escape

Question 12

contemporary children - unhappy children (how many children involved in crime?)

Answer 12

3,000 under the age of 10

way to assert their independence from suffocation of child-centredness

Question 13

contemporary children - child abuse

Answer 13

some suffer from sexual, emotional, physical abuse and neglect

Question 14

contemporary children - how many children serenely malnourished?

Answer 14

1 in 5 in the UK

Question 15

contemporary children - how many teenage girls hit by parents?

Answer 15

1/5

Question 16

contemporary children - sibling abuse

Answer 16

involves emotional, physical and sexual aggressive behaviour
seen as normal sibling rivalry but can have damaging consequences for development of young people

Question 17

contemporary children - how many young people were hit by a sibling?

Answer 17

31%

Question 18

contemporary children - how many teenagers called names by sibling?

Answer 18

30%

Question 19

contemporary children - how many children bullied by their sibling?

Answer 19

30%

Question 20

contemporary children - march of progress

Answer 20

perspective that children’s lives are better today than they were 200 years ago

Question 21

contemporary children - criticisms of march of progess

Answer 21

conflict sociologists; marxism & functionalism
based on a false and idealised image that ignore important inequalities
- many remain unprotected & badly cared for
- experience greater control, oppression & dependency not care & protection