Childhood as a social construction-Wagg
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- Childhood as a social construction-Wagg
- History
- 1850
- Child labour was common
- Worked as hard as adults
- Faced the same legal punishments as adults
- The idea that children deserved special treatment did not exist
- Nineteenth Century
- Fathers and husbands would have been heads of houses
- Authority of the family
- Cunningham
- Saw the social construction of childhood
- 3 Characteristic of childhood
- Opposite of adulthood
- Adult and child lives separate
- Children had right to happiness
- Children would have seen little of their parents
- Children has low status
- "Seen not heard
- Fathers and husbands would have been heads of houses
- 1850
- Cultural/ Social
- Changnon
- Yanomami girls help their mothers from young age. By 10 they are responsible for their own house. By 12/13 they are pregnant and married
- Child soldiers
- Killed and killing others
- 2001 and 2004- involved in active conflict in 27 countries
- Girl soldiers are often subject to **** and sexual violence
- 1/6 children work
- 218 million aged 5-17 involved in child labour
- 216 million in hazardous conditions
- Not the same freedom
- take on adult responsibilities as soon as possible
- Changnon
- Modern Western Childhood
- Child liberation
- Behaviour
- Food
- Were child can play
- Discipline
- Control of children
- Clothes
- Families become child-centred
- Child well fare a priority
- time spent doubled since 1960's
- More likely to take interests in child's activities
- Girls more restricted upbringing than boys
- Inequalities in social class and ethnicities
- Not the same experience
- Child abuse
- 29% of children living in poverty
- Divorce
- New Right
- Negative effect
- New Right
- Bullying in school
- Some are forced to work as soon as possible
- Childhood is often referred to as the golden age of happiness and innocence
- Vast contrast between adults and children
- Highlighted through entertainment clothing and toys
- Child liberation
- History
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