The Social Construction of Childhood
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- Created on: 01-05-13 18:45
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- The social construction of childhood...
- The dominant framework
- Wyness - "childhood is a natural and inevitable phase of life that we will all go through"
- Childhood and adulthood are seen as opposites.
- Children are seen not in their own rights but as future adults.
- Children are regarded as at the earliest, most primitive stage of individuality.
- Childhood should be the same across different cultures.
- Wyness - "childhood is a natural and inevitable phase of life that we will all go through"
- Social construction
- Something that is created by society.
- Childhood is constructed over a period of time and is developed through socialization.
- KEY STUDY: Pilippe Aries - Centuries of Childhood
- Pioneered that childhood was a social construction.
- In Medieval Times childhood did not exist
- Children were expected to work
- Both adults and children played the same games.
- Chronological age was not significant.
- Children often died before reaching adulthood.
- Children were not protected from the exposure of sexuality.
- Aries was criticized for saying that there was no childhood in Medieval Times.
- Conception of childhood was different.
- The emergence of childhood
- Modern conceptions of childhood emerged after Medieval Times
- Introduction of school separated children from the adult world.
- Society became more child centered with the well being and development of children seen as important.
- Treated according to chronological age
- Strongly mourned over if they died.
- Not required to work.
- The dominant framework
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