Childhood as a social construct
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- Childhood as a Social Construct
- The modern western notion of childhood
- Pilcher- the most important feature of the modern idea of childhood is separateness. Seen as a life stage and occupies a separate status from adults.
- Laws regulate what children are allowed, required and forbidden to do.
- Wagg- "childhood is socially constructed... there is no single universal childhood experienced by all"
- Cross-cultural differences in childhood
- Benedict- children in simpler, non industrial societies are generally treated differently in 3 ways.
- Take responsibility at an early age. Holme- study of samoan village- 'too young was never a reason for not letting a child do something
- less value placed on children obeying adults
- Children's sexual behavior viewed differently
- Benedict- children in simpler, non industrial societies are generally treated differently in 3 ways.
- The modern western notion of childhood
- Historical differences in childhood
- Aries- in the middle ages 'the idea of childhood did not exist'. Children were not seen as having different needs from adults. They began work at an early age
- Many sociologists and historians argue that childhood as we understand it now is a fairly recent 'invention'
- Childhood as a Social Construct
- The modern western notion of childhood
- Pilcher- the most important feature of the modern idea of childhood is separateness. Seen as a life stage and occupies a separate status from adults.
- Laws regulate what children are allowed, required and forbidden to do.
- Wagg- "childhood is socially constructed... there is no single universal childhood experienced by all"
- Cross-cultural differences in childhood
- Benedict- children in simpler, non industrial societies are generally treated differently in 3 ways.
- Take responsibility at an early age. Holme- study of samoan village- 'too young was never a reason for not letting a child do something
- less value placed on children obeying adults
- Children's sexual behavior viewed differently
- Benedict- children in simpler, non industrial societies are generally treated differently in 3 ways.
- The modern western notion of childhood
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