Childhood
- Created by: Emily Williams
- Created on: 08-05-14 09:49
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- Childhood
- 2) History
- Jane Pilcher- Modern western idea
- Children should have a different status from adults
- Childhood is a distinct life stage
- Phillipe Aries (1960)
- In pre-industrial society children as we know them did not exsist. They were 'little adults' who took on adult responsibilities when they were 7 or 8. They would take part in activities in the household.
- Infant mortatlity rate started to decrease with improvements of sanitation and diets
- High level of infant mortality
- Children had to work in order for the family unit to survive-working class
- Printing press: Separate literature for adults and children, children are vulnerable and innorcent, Factory Act (1833)- Children restricted from the workplace
- Jane Pilcher- Modern western idea
- 1) Introduction
- Social construction
- Childhood doesn't depend on age.
- Depends on society
- 3) Gender
- 4)Has improved
- 5)Hasn't improved
- 6)Childhood has disappeared/ protected
- 7) Conclusion
- 2) History
- In pre-industrial society children as we know them did not exsist. They were 'little adults' who took on adult responsibilities when they were 7 or 8. They would take part in activities in the household.
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