Has the Position of Children Improved
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- Created on: 31-05-20 08:22
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- Has the Position of Children Changed?
- March of Progress View
- ARIES AND SHORTER
- Todays children = more valued + protected
- Laws protect children, social specialists for children
- Better health care + higher standards = babies more likely to survive
- infant mortality rate
- 1900 = 154/1000
- 2018 = 4/1000
- infant mortality rate
- Todays children = more valued + protected
- Child-centred Family
- higher living standards + smaller families = parents can meet children's needs better
- Fertility Rate
- 1860s = 6 children
- 2014 = 2 children
- A child costs over £230,000 up to age of 21
- Fertility Rate
- Children no longer 'seen not heard'
- Children are now consulted about decisions
- Parents are more financially and emotionally invested
- higher living standards + smaller families = parents can meet children's needs better
- ARIES AND SHORTER
- The Conflict View
- INEQUALITIES AMONGST CHILDREN
- children from different nationalities have different experiences
- 90% of low birth weight babies are born in developing countries
- Gender differences
- HILLMAN
- boys are more likely to be allowed to go out after dark
- BONKE
- Girls are 5 times more likely to do housework
- BHATTI
- Izzat - places restriction on girls behaviour
- HILLMAN
- children from different nationalities have different experiences
- INEQUALITIES BETWEEN CHILDREN AND ADULTS
- NEGLECT + ABUSE
- Adults use physical abuse/neglect for control
- 2013 = 43,000 children were subject to child protection plans
- Childline received over 20,000 calls from children a year about sexual or physical abuse
- Adults use physical abuse/neglect for control
- CONTROLS OVER CHILDRENS SPACE
- Fears like 'stranger danger has increased'
- Children allowed to walk home alone in primary school
- 1971 = 86%
- 2010 = 61%
- Children allowed to walk home alone in primary school
- Fears like 'stranger danger has increased'
- AGE PATRIARCHY
- GITTINS
- She coined the term to explain that patriarchy oppresses children as well as women
- HUMPREYS
- 200 female victims of domestic abused
- 1/4 left their partner over fear for their children's lives
- 200 female victims of domestic abused
- HOCKEY + JAMES
- Modern childhood = oppressive + children attempt to escape
- One method = 'acting up'
- swearing
- drinking
- sexual activity
- One method = 'acting up'
- EVALUATION
- children cannot not rationally make their own decisions
- children under protection are not powerless
- 1989 - Children Act established that children have legal rights to be protected
- Modern childhood = oppressive + children attempt to escape
- GITTINS
- INEQUALITIES AMONGST CHILDREN
- THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE NEW CHILD
- This approach doesn't see children as adults in the making
- Children are active agents who play major parts in their own childhood
- THE CHILD'S POINT OF VIEW
- SMART
- New approach aims to include views/experiences of children themselves
- Children during divorce actively try to make thhe situation better for eveyone
- MASON AND TIPPER
- Children create their own definition of family (not real aunts/ grandfathers
- SMART
- This approach doesn't see children as adults in the making
- March of Progress View
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