childhood as a social construction

Question 1

No- Piltcher -socially seperated

Answer 1

-children have a differant social status

Question 2

no -piltcher- physical immaturity

Answer 2

dressed differently to adults and have products designed specifically to them

Question 3

no pilcher- psychological immaturity

Answer 3

children require protection from the world so are seperated from it through family

Question 4

No - James and Prout

Answer 4

children have no morals
adults have morals which greatly impact behaviour

Question 5

sensible analytical approach - middle ground

Answer 5

possibility of social construction depends on the age of the child
- natural dependency from age 5 but after social contraction is plausable

Question 6

yes - Cultual relativity

Answer 6

childhood differs across cultures. Wagg believes there is no universal definition of childhood it isn’t natural and should be distinguished from biological maturity

Question 7

Yes Historycal relativity

Answer 7

experiences of childhood have changed overtime.
Aries showed that in medical times, war time once a child was physically able they would take on adult roles