CHILDHOOD Flashcards
(10 cards)
- WHAT IS THE MODERN WESTERN NOTION OF CHILDHOOD AND WHAT DOES PILCHER SAY?
- IN SOCIETY TODAY IT IS ACCEPTED THAT CHILDHOOD IS A SPECIAL TIME IN LIFE AND THAT CHILDREN ARE DIFFERENT FROM ADULTS
- PILCHER- DISCUSSES SEPARATENES- THE FACT THAT CHILDHOOD IS VIEWED AS A CLEAR AND SEPARATE LIFE STAGE
- CHILDREN IN SOCIETY OCCUPY A SEPERATE STATUS FROM ADULTS- THIS IS EMPHASISED THROUGH THE LAWS THAT APPLY TO CHILDREN, THE CLOTHES THEY WEAR AND ENTERTAINMENT THEY WATCH
- CHILDHOOD IS SEEN AS A GOLDEN AGE OF HAPPINESS AND INNOCENCE AND BECAUSE OF THIS CHILDREN ARE VIEWED AS VULNERABLE AND IN NEED OF PROTECTION FROM THE ADULT WORLD
HOW DO SOCIOLOGISTS SEE CHILDHOOD/
-SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED,DEFINED BY SOCIETY
- THEY ARGUE THAT THE POSITION THAT CHILDREN OCCUPY IN SOCIETY AND CHILDHOOD DEFINITION IS NOT FIXED BUT DIFFERS BETWEEN TIMES PLACES AND CULTURES
WHAT ARE SOME CROSS-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN CHILDHOOD?
-PUNCH- FOUND THAT CHILDREN IN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES TAKE ON WORK FROM AN EARLY AGE, FOUND THAT CHILDREN IN RURAL BOLIVIA ONCE THEY TURNED 5 THEY WERE EXPECTED TO TAKE ON WORK RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE HOME
-HOLMES- STUDIED A SAMOAN VILLAGE AND FOUND THAT’TOO YOUNG’ WAS NEVER A REASON FOR NOT DOING WORK
WHAT IS THE GLOBALISATION OF WESTERN CHILDHOOD?
- WESTERN NOTIONS OF CHILDHOOD ARE BEING GLOBALISED BECAUSE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AND WELFARE AGENCIES
- WHAT WERE SOME HISTORICAL DIFFERENCES IN CHILDHOOD?
-ARIES- ARGUES THAT IN THE MIDDLE AGS, THE IDEA OF CHILDHOOD DID NOT EXIST, CHILDREN WERE NOT SEE AS HAVING DIFFERENT NEEDS FROM ADULTS AND THE LAW MADE NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN ADULTS AND CHILDREN
- ELEMENTS OF THE MODERN IDEA OF CHILDHOOD BEGAN TO EMERGE AS SCHOOLS BECAME SPECIALIST IN TEACHING THE YOUNG and there were differences in clothing
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE REASONS FOR CHANGES IN THE POSITION OF CHILDREN?
-CHILD LABOUR LAWS
-INTRODUCTION OF COMPULSORY SCHOOLING
-GROWTH OF THE IDEA OF CHILDRENS RIGHTS
-LOWER INFANT MORTALITY RATES
WHO TALKS ABOUT THE DISAPPEARANCE OF CHILDHOOD?
-POSTMAN-SAYS THAT CHILDHOOD IS DISAPPEARING BECAUSE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE SAME RIGHTS AS ADULTS
- TALKS ABOUT THE INFORMATION HEIRACHY- AND THE SHARP DIVISION BETWEEN ADULTS WHO CAN READ AND CHILDREN WHO CANNOT, THIS GAVE ADULTS THE POWER TO KEEP KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ADULT CONTENT HIDDEN
-TV BLURS THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN ADULTHOOD AND CHILDHOOD BY DESTROYING THE INFORMATION HEIRACHY AS IT DOESNT REQUIRE READING AND MAKES INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO ADULTS AND CHILDREN
WHO TALKS ABOUT CHILDHOOD AND POSTMODERNITY?
-JENKS- SOCIETY SEES CHILDHOOD AS PREPARATION TO BECOME A PRODUCTIVE ADULT, TO ACHIEVE THIS, A CHILD NEEDS TO BE NURTURED AND PROTECTED
-JENKS ARGUES THAT FROM MODERNITY TO POSTMODERNITY THERE IS MORE VALUE ON CHILD AND PARENT RELATIONSHIPS AND CHILD SAFETY DUE TO THE INSTABILITY OF POST MODERN RELATIONSHIPS E.G HIGHER DIVORCE RATE
WHAT DOES THE MARCH OF PROGRESS SAY ABOUT CHILDHOOD?
-THE FAMILY HAS BECOME CHILD-CENTRED AND PARENTS INVEST EMOTIONALLY AND FINANCIALLY IN THEIR CHILDREN AND TRY THEIR HARDEST TON GIVE THEM THE BES OPPORTUNITIES
WHO TALKS ABOUT TOXIC CHILDHOOD?
-PALMER- RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS AND CULTURAL CAHNGES HAVE DAMAGED CHILDRENS PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT E.G JAUNK FOOD AND MARKETING TOWARDS CHILDREN AND LONG HOURS WORKED BY PARENTS MEANS LACK OF SUPERVISION
