TOPIC12: role and relationships Between Parents And Children

Question 1

Studies for relationships between parents and children changing

Answer 1

Extension of childhood and the emergence of modern childhood: child-centredness

Question 2

Studies under extension of childhood ?

Answer 2

• Separation from adult world (few adult legal rights)
• extension of education
• concern about children: paranoid parents

Question 3

What is the extension of childhood ?

Answer 3

Working class Children no longer seen as extra worker for parents to help and richer families sons inherit titles and property no children need to loved and protected has emerged

Question 4

Extension of childhood

Separation from adult world (few full adult legal rights)

How are children separated from adult world ?

Answer 4

• children are separated from adult world
• cannot have sex until 16
• cannot vote or marry until 18

Question 5

Extension of childhood

Separation from adult world (few full adult legal right)

How does few legal adult rights affect children ?

Answer 5

Children are all restricted

Question 6

Extension of childhood

Extension of education

How does Heath:kipper say ?

Answer 6

• school leaving age has increased from 16 to 18
• so children continue to live with parents despite finishing education to save money or be economically dependent on parents
• due to increase rent and house prices
• so adult kids

Question 7

Extension of childhood

Frank Furedi: paranoid parents

Answer 7

Good parents protecting children from danger e.g peodophilia, bullies because they have become paranoid

Question 8

Extension of childhood

Frank Furedi: paranoid parents , what does he say about risk of harm to to children

Answer 8

Has been exaggerated and protection is unhealthy because children are shepherded from place to place because of anxiousness

Question 9

Extension of childhood

Frank Furedi: paranoid parents

Due to risk of harm, how are children experience to adventures treated

Answer 9

Closed off from adventures e.g going on trips, so aspect of kids lives is undermined

Question 10

What is the emergence of modern childhood: child centredness

Answer 10

Families become more child centred and families revolve around children’s needs

Question 11

Studies for emergence of modern childhood: child-centerdness

Answer 11

• Smaller families
• child experts
• children as consumers

Question 12

Emergence of modern childhood: child-centeredness

Due to smaller families what does this mean for children

Answer 12

More love , attention and money can be spent on individual child

Question 13

Emergence of modern childhood: child-centeredness

According to smaller families, how were children seen in the 19th century

Answer 13

Children seen as an economic asset by working class parents to go out and bring money by working to provide for family

Question 14

Emergence of modern childhood: child-centeredness

According toy Smaller families how are children seen as now ?

Answer 14

Children now spend time in school and seen as a financial burden since they do not do paid work so financially dependent so have few children to love, and pay attention too

Question 15

Emergence of modern childhood: child-centeredness

Child experts, since the 19th century what have experts said about children

Answer 15

Experts have put scientific theory on how children should be brought up so no longer naturally developing into adults but having special needs parents must learn

Question 16

Emergence of modern childhood: child-centeredness

Child experts, what have parents now turned to as experts

Answer 16

Parents are turning to books to raise up kids and the programme to help them e.g Super Nanny

Question 17

Emergence of modern childhood: child-centeredness

Children as consumers

What has big businesses created for children ?

Answer 17

Creates a consumer market targeted at children

Question 18

Emergence of modern childhood: child-centeredness

Children as consumers

Examples of ways children consume products targeted at children ?

Answer 18

By toys, games, food,clothes and leisure activities aimed at children to become important

Question 19

Emergence of modern childhood: child-centeredness

Children as consumers,

What do children that has made them a big role in families spending

Answer 19

Pester power- to encourage parents to buy for them

Question 20

Studies for relationship between parent and children are NOT changing

Answer 20

1. Age patriarchy
2. Limited role of fathers
3. Lockdown, mother and home schooling

Question 21

Age patriarchy

What is age patriarchy ?

Answer 21

Adult domination and child dependency in the family so children far from equal with parents

Question 22

Age patriarchy

Ways adults are more powerful than children and young people

Answer 22

• children are financially dependent : cannot work full time until 16 and laws give parents authority over children
• children do not have full adult right e.g marriage, sex, driving

Question 23

Limited role of fathers

What ways fathers roles limited ?

Answer 23

• Due to divorce father lose contact with children so cannot spend time on parenting
• fathers work long hours

Question 24

Lockdown, mothers and home schooling

What does it say happened during covid 19

Answer 24

• Gender divine were women to make jobs fit around childcare and home schooling
• women more concerned than men over children education and schooling