F&H Book 2 Childhood Flashcards

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How is childhood defined in today’s western society?

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PILCHER
Separate, special time of life, children are fundamentally different from adults; they’re physically and psychologically immature.
Golden age.
Children occupy separate status to adults.

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How is childhood socially constructed?

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Traditions within a society determine what childhood is, not every experience of childhood is universal.

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What is culture?

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Language, culture and shared history of a particular place/group.

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How does childhood differ within cultures?

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Levels of responsibility e.g cooking
Rules e.g listening to those of higher authority/older age
Play/leisure e.g the ways free time is spent

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How has childhood changed?

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ARIES
In the past, children were not seen as having different needs compared to adults.
Children were seen as mini adults; same rights, duties and skills as adults.

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When did childhood changed?

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ARIES
Introduction of schooling
Reading- books on child rearing

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What is meant by the cult of childhood?

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ARIES
Obsession with childhood in the western world, moving away from the idea that children aren’t different, to the socially constructed idea of childhood.

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Why has childhood changed?

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Laws restricted child labour
Compulsory schooling
Child protection/welfare legislation
Children’s rights
Decline in family size/infant mortality rates
Child development=focus of medical knowledge
Laws that apply specifically to children

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What is industrialisation?

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Shift from agriculture to factory as the basis of the economy undermines changes to childhood.

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Is childhood disappearing?

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POSTMAN
^^^ Yes
Giving children the same rights as adults
Unsupervised games
Growing similarity of adults and children’s clothing

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How has TV made childhood disappear?

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POSTMAN
Children are now exposed to violence, sex, money, illness and death; issues that were one printed- now in pictures/videos=doesn’t require skills to understand.

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How has postmodernity affected childhood?

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JENKS
Relationships are more unstable=divorce is more likely
Parent/child relationships have become a source of adult identity and stability= safety from uncertainty of life.

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