Control over chidren's space
- Created by: Emily Uffindell
- Created on: 26-04-14 09:59
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- Control over children's space
- Children's movements in industrial societies are highly regulated.
- For example: shops may display signs such as :"no school children."
- Example: There is increasingly close surveillance over children in public spaces such as shopping centres, especially at times when children should be in school.
- Fears about road safety and "stranger danger," has lead to more children being driven to school rather than children travelling independently
- Evidence: Hillman:In 1971, 80% of 7-8 year olds were allowed to go to school without adult supervision. By 1990, it was 9%.
- Hugh Cunningham (2007): The "home habitat," of 8 year olds (the area in which they are able to travel alone) has shrunk to 1/9 of a size it was 25 years ago.
- This control and surveillance contrasts with the independence of many children in third world countries today
- Example: Cindi Katz (1993): describes how rural Sundanese children roam freely both within the village and for several kilometres outside it.
- Children's movements in industrial societies are highly regulated.
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