Childhood
- Created by: Jacob Keyte
- Created on: 11-05-15 12:07
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- Childhood
- Childhood is a social construct
- Cross-cultural differences in childhood
- They have more responsibility at home and work
- Less value is placed on obedience to adult authority
- Children's sexual behaviour is often viewed differently
- Childhood in the west
- Childhood is seen as a special, innocent time in life
- Children are seen as fundamentally different from adults- as physically immature and cot competent to run their own life
- As a result, they need a lengthy, protect period of nurturing and socialization
- Cross-cultural differences in childhood
- Historical differences in childhood
- Children were not seen as having a different "nature" from adults
- Work began at an early age
- Children seen as mini adults with the same rights, duties and skills as adults
- Childhood is a social construct
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