The Globalisation of western childhood

Question 1

What do sociologist argue that western notions of childhood are?

Answer 1

being globalised as international and humanitarian welfare agencies have imposed on the rest of the world, western norms of what childhood should be

Question 2

How do western notions of childhood impose on the rest of the world?

Answer 2

• campaigns against child labour reflect western views of how childhood should be
• but this activity may be the norm for the culture and an important way to prepare children for adulthood