Sociology 20 mark question childhood changes Flashcards
Paragraph one march of progress approach childhood is improving and becoming more child centered
Point:Childhood has improved becoming more childcentered.
Evidence:20th century is the century of the child. 1880 compulsory schooling 1889 prevention of child cruelty act
Refrence: Aries childhood is a modern concept and society has progressed towards a value and nuturing view of children. Looks at art, infant morality rate
Criticism: Pollock argues middle ages society had a different notion of childhood ignores persistent inequalities in class/gender in childhood BONKE girls in lone parent families do 5x more housework
Paragraph 2: Childhood is disappearing
Point:Childhood is disappearing due to exposure to adult themes.
explain: children have acsess to a range of media mass literaccy destoys pervious information heirachy.
reference: postman boundary between adults and children have blurred and been broken. childrens innocence and ignorance replaced with knowledge and cynicism.
Criticism: Jenkins argues childhood has not disappeared but just changed as we transition between modernity to post modernity. increase in unstable famillies such as divorced and lone parent famillies means parents seek refuge from children protecting their innocene and surveilling them
Para 3: childhood is becoming more unequal and toxic
Point: childhood is becoming more unequal and toxic
evidence/explain: conflict view as class divide widens w/c children have negative childhood due to statstically proven poor education poor health e.g obesity due to lack of nutritious food.
Reference: marxists may argue due to fast moving capitalism children increased pester power m/c children are more fulfilled w/c less. palmer argues reduction is development due to junk food and marketing to children results in toxic childhood
criticisms: social policys are working to combat these difficulties e.g free school meals in education and healthy eating campaigns
