Children in contemporary Britain
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- Created on: 22-12-15 10:02
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- Children in contemporary Britain
- THE CAUSES OF CHILD- CENTREDNESS
- Smaller families- More attention& care
- Shorter working week- More time spent on children
- Higher living standards
- Welfare state- Support children, encourages parents to look after properly
- Social workers; Children's Act 1989- established children's legal rights
- Paediatrics and emphasise on parenting skills
- Compulsory education- YP dependent on parents for longer
- Growing parental fears for child safety
- Children's consumer market
- Margo- Children taking greater control over family spending
- HAS THE POSITION OF CHILDREN IMPROVED OR WORSEND?
- Status of children has improved- Better diets, better medical care, more rights, protected& cared for
- INEQUALITIES& PROBLEMS OVER CHILDREN
- Legal controls over children-
- Laws restricting what children can do, preventing children from engaging in activities which are they are too young for
- Unhappy children-
- Womack (2011)- Children are said to be the unhappiest in West-
- Family breakdown- Cause of dreaded childhood
- UNICEF- Children growing up in poorest relationships- Suffer greater deprivation
- 3.7 million children classified as living poverty (2012)
- Rees- 9% YP aged 14-16 run away from home overnight at least once a year
- 3,000 crimes- under 10= Below age of criminal responsibility - Too young to be prosecuted-Reported every year
- Parents blamed for not socialising& supervising children properly
- WHAT? Assert some independece from suffocation of child-centredenss
- Womack (2011)- Children are said to be the unhappiest in West-
- Child& Sibling abuse-
- Remain unequal to adults- consequence of dependence on adults- CHILD ABUSE
- Sexual abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse ,Neglect
- Report in NSPCC 2011- 1 in 5 children had been maltreated during childhood
- NSPCC 2005- one-fifth of teenage girls were hit by parents
- Between brothers and sisters- Emotional, physical& sexually aggressive behaviour
- 40% of children admitted to bullying their siblings
- Legal controls over children-
- THE CAUSES OF CHILD- CENTREDNESS
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