Childhood : Social Construction Of Childhood

Question 1

Social locations that create the concept of childhood ( 5 points )

Answer 1

1. Cultural backgrounds
2. Time
3. Social class
4. Gender
5. Ethnicity

Question 2

How cultural backgrounds affect childhood ? ( 2 points )

Answer 2

1. International labour organisation estimates that there were 168 million child workers globally in 2013
2. Wyness - estimates 300,000 child soldiers active in conflicts in central and Eastern Africa

Question 3

How has time has constructed childhood ? ( Aries )

Answer 3

Back in the day there was little differentiation between children and adults until the industrial era because of compulsory education

Question 4

How has social class contributed to the construction childhood ?

Answer 4

Child poverty action group states 4.2 million children in the Uk live in poverty

Question 5

How have gender differences socially constructed childhood ? ( mcrobbie )

Answer 5

Controls over girls is stricter then control over boys because parents are concerned over the increase in sexual assaults or abductions

Question 6

How have ethnic differences socially constructed childhood ? ( Bhatti ) ( Gline Et Al )

Answer 6

Gline Et Al - racism in schools from peer impacts on the experiences of young people
Bhatti - stricter control of childrens behaviours in Asian families - particularly females

Question 7

Is there a westernised view of childhood ? ( Myall )

Answer 7

Myall - bias towards understanding childhood through lens of western society