Childhood

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Pilcher (1995)
in modern western society childhood is seen as a distinct period in one’s life with children occupying a separate status from adults.
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Punch (2013)
cross-cultural differences in childhood. For example, in Bolivia 5-year-old children are expected to take work responsibilities in the home and in the community.
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Firth (1970)
in Tikopia, a small island in the southwest Pacific, and found that doing as you are told by an adult is a choice that is left up to the child rather than a given right expected by an adult.
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Aries (1960): Children in the middle ages
during the Middle Ages, childhood did not exist. Once infants had passed through the stage of physical dependency they were seen as being similar to adults.
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Postman (1994): Printing press
children in medieval times were treated as miniature adults and in effect the concept of childhood did not exist. The community in medieval times dominated every aspect of life and the collective was far more important than the individual, there was
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Postman (1994): Printing press (cont)
The printing press allowed for the mass production of literature which led to increase in literacy and availability of reading material which informed individuals of their roles as adults and how children should be brought up. The notion of childhood
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The March of Progress View of Childhood
over the past few centuries the position of children in Western societies has been steadily improving and is better than it has ever been. children today are more valued, better cared for and educated, enjoy better health and have more rights
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Palmer (2006)
labels children’s experience as “toxic childhood” points out that the increase in learning difficulties, drug abuse, self-harming, attempted suicides in young people in the developed world are due to a decline in emotional and family stability
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Gittins (1998)
age patriarchy exists (adult domination that keeps children subordinate). For example, adults exercise control over children’s time, space and bodies.
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Postman (1994): The disappearance of childhood
suggested by the trend towards giving children the same rights as adults, the disappearance of children’s traditional unsupervised games, the growing similarity of adult and children’s clothing and in some cases of children committing adult crimes
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Jenks (1994): Childhood in postmodernity
Childhood is undergoing change as society moves from modernity to postmodernity. Due to the instability that the modern society presents, adults become more fearful for their children’s security and even more preoccupied with protecting them
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cross-cultural differences in childhood. For example, in Bolivia 5-year-old children are expected to take work responsibilities in the home and in the community.

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in Tikopia, a small island in the southwest Pacific, and found that doing as you are told by an adult is a choice that is left up to the child rather than a given right expected by an adult.

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during the Middle Ages, childhood did not exist. Once infants had passed through the stage of physical dependency they were seen as being similar to adults.

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children in medieval times were treated as miniature adults and in effect the concept of childhood did not exist. The community in medieval times dominated every aspect of life and the collective was far more important than the individual, there was

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