March of progress (Childhood) Flashcards
Position of children are steadily improving
Children are more valued better cared for protected and educated enjoy better health and have more rights than those of previous generations
Children’s they are protected from harm and exploitation by laws against child abuse and child labour while in array of professionals and specialists cater For their education and psychological and medical needs
That the healthcare and higher standards of living also mean that babies have a much better chance of survival now in a century ago. In 1900 the infant mortality rate was 154 player 1000 live babies today is 4per1000
Child-centred family
Higher living standards in smaller family sizes also mean that parents can afford to provide for children’s needs properly. According to one estimate by the time the child reaches her 21st birthday they will of course their parents over £227,000
Argue that the family has become child-centred children are no longer to be seen and not heard if they were in Victorian times. Instead they are the focal point of the family consulted on many decisions as never before parents investor great deal of their children emotionally as well as financially in off and have high aspirations better do better in life than they themselves had
Toxic childhood
Children in the UK today experience he wants to Palmer cause toxic childhood she argues that rapid technological and cultural change in the past 25 years of damaged children’s physical emotional intellectual development these changes range from junkfood computer games in intensive marketing towards children to the long hours worked by parents and the growing emphasis on testing education
Concerns have been expressed about young people’s health and behaviour examples UK youth have above average rates in international league tables for obesity self harm drug and alcohol abuse violence early sexual experience and teenage pregnancies
A UNICEF Survey in 2013 run to the UK 16 out of 29 for children’s well-being
