Childhood

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What does the social construction of childhood mean

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This is the idea that childhood is something created and defined by society

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What's the western idea of childhood

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Childhood is a special time of life and children are berg different to adults. Regarded as physically and psychologically inmature.

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Jane pilcher (1995)

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The most important feature of childhood is separateness. Emphasised through laws about what kids can do etc.

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Identify one cross cultural difference in childhood

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Lowell holmes (1974) study found that in a samoan village 'too young' was not an excuse for not allowing children to do a certain task.
In the Tikopia of the west pacific doing as you're told by a grown up is the childs choice not to be expected by the adult.

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Phillippe Aries

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in the middle ages the idea of childhood didn't exist. children were 'mini-adults'.

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Reasons for changes in the position of children

(explain them)

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laws restricting child labour and smoking/drinking and excluding them from paid work.

Compulsory schooling in 1880

Childrens rights, united nations convention on the rights of the child 1989

More child protection 1989 children's act

declining family size and infant mortality rate

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Aries and Shorter

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They hold a march of progress view, todays children are more valued, educated and better cared for than before.

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Conflict view of the march of progress view

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There are inequalities among children in terms of the opportunities and risks they face. The inequalities between children and adults are greater than ever children experience greater control oppression and dependency.

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What are examples of inequalities between children and adults

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Neglect and abuse

Controls over children's space

Controls over children's time

Controls over children's access to resources

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Diana Gittins 1998 (age patriarchy)

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There's an age patriarchy of adult domination and child dependency

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Postman (1994)

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Childhood is 'disappearing at a dazzling speed'

children now have the same rights as adults and the disappearance of children's traditional unsupervised games, similar adult and children's clothes, children committing adult crimes.

The emergence and disappearance lies in the rise and fall of print culture, now there's television culture. (explain this)

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Iona Opie (1993)

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Argues that there's a separate childhood culture of children's games, rhymes and songs.

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The globalisation of western childhood

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Child liberationists argue that western notions of childhood are being globalised. for example campaigns against child labour reflect western views about how childhood should be.

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Sue Palmer (2006)

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'toxic childhood' - rapid technological and cultural changes in the past 25 years have damaged children's physical, emotional and intellectual development.

e.g. junk food, computer games