Flashcards in CHILDHOOD Deck (18)
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Pilcher
Modern western view
Childhood is separateness - clear and distinct life stage, separate status from adults
‘Golden age’ of happiness and innocence *
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Wagg
Childhood is socially constructed
There is no single universal childhood
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Aries
Childhood Did not exist. Children were seen as many adults, they had the same clothing rights duties and skill as an adult
For example they have the same punishment.
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Gittins
Age patriarchy - inequalities between adults and children
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Benedict - non industrial cultures
Less of a dividing line between behaviour expected of children - illustrates childhood not a fixed thing - THIS IS USED FOR CROSS-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
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Criticism to Aries
(Pollock)
Pollock -
Middle Ages had a different notion of childhood from today’s, not that it didn’t exist
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Changes in children’s position
- laws restricting child labour
- compulsory schooling
- child protecting and welfare
- declining in family size & lower infant mortality
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Postman
Childhood is ‘disappearing at a dazzling speed’ - from information hierarchy
PRINT CULTURE decreased = new media allows children to understand adult things (sex, violence...) - No longer distinguishable.
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Jenks
Childhood is changing due to our postmodern world - relationships are more unstable so the child becomes an important part of identity and stability
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What is child-centredness?
Family has down sized - help afford for the child’s need properly
Look after and protect the child
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Sue Palmer
Toxic childhood -
Due to technological and cultural changes: junk food, computers
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What does the march of progresses believe ?
Childhood has improved dramatically
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What does marxist and feminists believe ?
Criticise March of progress
March of progress view is based on false and idealised image, ignores important inequalities:
-inequalities among children
- inequality between children and adults (greater control, oppressions, protection)
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Bonke
Inequalities among children
Girls found to do more domestic labour - 5x for likely in line parent families compared to boys
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Firestone and Holt
Inequalities between children and adults
‘Protection’ from paid work is not a benefit to children = helps adults control children. Children are powerless
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Inequalities between children and adults?
- neglect and abuse
- control over children’s space
- control over children’s time
- control over children’s bodies
- control over access and resource
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Who talks about age patriarchy?
Gittins -
Described inequalities between adults and children
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