Key Terms Flashcards
1
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Social Construction
A
Something created by society that only exists because people define it as such
2
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Child Centredness
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Focused on the interests of children
3
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Pester Power
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Advertisers target children to pester parents into buying them items/goods
4
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March of Progress
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A view that sees society as improving over time
5
Q
Age Patriarchy
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Inequality between adults and children
6
Q
Toxic Childhood
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Rapid technological and cultural changes that have damaged childhood
7
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Cotton Wool Society
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Adults taking increasing control over children - wrapping them in ‘cotton wool’ to protect them
8
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Helicopter Parenting
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Style of parenting that pays extremely close attention to children - hovers over them like a helicopter
