Families and Households 6

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What does Pilcher argue?

Childhood is separate as they are protected

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Wat does Aries argue?

Childhood is a social construct as historical portraits show them dressed as adults

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What is a criticism of Aries?

Pollock argues that he generalises and the children were just dressed up

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What does Shorter argue?

Societies have become child centred

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How is society child centred?

  • Time and money spent on children

  • Legislation

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How does Gittens evaluate the child centred society?

Adults force children to be dependent on them (age patriarchy)

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What do Hockey and James argue?

Childhood is oppressive so children resist it by acting up or down

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How is the liberationist view of childhood (Gittens and Hockey and James) evaluated?

Children can’t make rational decisions so must be regulated

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Who argues the toxic childhood?

Palmer

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What is toxic childhood?

Rapid changes have damaged children’s development

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What are the features of toxic childhood?

  • Technological change

  • Increased junk food

  • Focus on testing in school

  • Intensive marketing to children

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What is a criticism of toxic childhood?

First world problems - the real toxic childhood is with children in sweatshops

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Who argues Paranoid Parenting?

Furedi

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What is Paranoid Parenting?

Media makes parents worried they are parenting wrong

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What is an example of paranoid parenting?

Children’s independent outdoor activities restricted

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Who argues childhood is disappearing?

Postman

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Why is childhood disappearing according to Postman?

Children can find adult topics in the media easily leading to social blurring

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What is a criticism of Postman?

Opie - children are partaking in childlike activities in different forms

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What does Jenks argue?

  • Childhood is changing

  • Adults are depending on children as other relationships are unstable

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What is a criticism of Jenks?

Lack of evidence

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What does Womack argue?

Children is only toxic and disappearing for the poor

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What did Brannen find?

Asian parents are stricter with girls

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What does Hillman (et al) argue?

Boys could stay out after dark, cross roads, and travel accompanied before girls

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What does Bonke argue?

More expectation for girls to perform chores

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What do McRobbie and Garber argue?

Bedroom culture - girls socialise inside and boys are encourage to go outside

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What does Mayall argue?

Children viewed as socialisation projects parents can mould