Factors Affecting Childhood

Question 1

Gender

Answer 1

Sharpe: Boys and girls socialised differently even through things like colours they’re dressed in and presents they receive to reinforce feminine and masculine distinctions

Fine: this prepares children for differences in adult gender roles, such as parenting

McRobbie: parents view girls as needing more protection

Question 2

Class

Answer 2

Lareau: middle class parents more likely to provide children with cultural literacy which improves their experience of childhood

Question 3

Donzelot

Answer 3

Poorer families more likely to be inadvertently controlled by state and thus have a less nourishing childhood

Question 4

Ethnicity and religion

Answer 4

Obrien: Asian and Muslim girls given less freedom than boys due to strict parenting