The Future of Childhood

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  • Created on: 31-05-20 07:47
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  • The Future of Childhood
    • The Disappearance of Childhood
      • POSTMAN
        • Childhood is disappearing
          • Children getting same rights as adults
          • Disappearance of children's traditional unsupervised
          • Similarity in clothing
          • Children committing adult crimes
          • ...because the fall of print media and rise of television culture
        • Information Hierarchy
          • Separate status came with mass literacy in 19th Century
            • Adults can read, children cannot
              • 'Adult matters' are kept secret from children
                • BUT TV does not require special skills to access it
        • Evaluation
          • OPIE
            • childhood isn't disappearing
              • Researched unsupervised children's games
                • Strong evidence of the continued existance of a sepsrate children's culture
          • Postman over-emphasis one factor; TV
    • Childhood in Postmodernity
      • JENKS
        • Agrees with Aries that childhood is a creation of society
        • Modern society considers childhood as preparation to become a productive adult
          • Children need to be nurtured
        • Post Modern society = more unstable = divorce
          • Parents become more fearful of children's safety
            • Disagree with Postman
        • Evaluation
          • Strength = children seen as more important than partners
          • Weakness = Jenks over-generalisation that children are all in same position

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