Childhood under threat
- Created by: Kate
- Created on: 20-05-14 09:07
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- Is childhood under threat?
- some sociologists suggest that parenting is in decline and so childhood is in need of protection from adult society
- see children as in need of protection from "threats" such as homosexuality and media violence
- successful childrearing
- 2 parents of opposite sex
- there is a "right" way to bring up children
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- blame working/single mothers and inadequate parents for social problems
- e.g. delinquency
- Postman (1982)
- sees children as under threat because TV exposes them too soon to the adult world
- Sue Palmer
- "Toxic Childhood" (2007)
- adults are seriously benefitting from living in a wealthier society in which technologies have enriched their lives
- but .. the same technologies are harming children as parents are using them as an alternative to traditional parenting practices
- instead of spending quality time, parents use TV, junk food and electronic games to keep children quiet
- children are deprived of traditional childhood and family life
- some children's experiences of childhood may be damaging
- child abuse = neglect, physical, sexual and emotional abuse
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- NSPCC - each week at least one child will die as a result of adults cruelty
- some sociologists suggest that parenting is in decline and so childhood is in need of protection from adult society
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