Emergence of child centered family

Question 1

Smaller family

Answer 1

smaller families so more love and attention spent on each child

Question 2

Child danger

Answer 2

concerns about children(stranger danger and fears of getting hurt). Frank Furedi talks about paranoid parents and how the media over exaggerates the dangers that children face.

Question 3

Child experts

Answer 3

child experts claim children need special needs and so parents need to learn the skill’s required to bring up their children properly

Question 4

New laws

Answer 4

Children’s rights - laws made - UN convention of the rights of the child (1989) and 2004 Children’s act give children established rights and so they became priority/very important.

Question 5

Consumers

Answer 5

Children as consumers - big business has created a consumer market for children and so children use pester power to encourage parents to buy them goods - children play a big role in the family spending.

Question 6

Parents short working hours

Answer 6

parents have shorter working hours and can spend more time with children