How childhood is understood and defined changes over time. For example, Middle Ages= 'Mini Adults', whereas children today are protected by various laws (compulsory education)
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Cross- Cultural Variation
The position of children varies dramatically throughout the world. For example, child soldiers in the developing world lead very different lives to those children involved in beauty pageants in the west
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Child Centred
Children are now the focal point of the family. For example, children are consulted on many decisions and there are many leisure products/activities are designed for children
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Separate age-status
The idea that there is seperateness to childhood and laws which govern it. Pilcher (1995) suggests children are different to adults and need protection
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Biological Stage
Childhood is a universal concept based on age- Functionalists suggest that children have, and always will be, passive because they are younger than adults
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Social construction
How childhood is defined is not universal, instead it's dependent on how a particular culture views childhood
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Toxic Childhood
Sue Palmer- As society has got richer parents, cash rich and time poor and its children who have suffered. Children are indulged with consumer goods such as Tv's and computer games, this lead to social and medical problems
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Disappearance of childhood
Postman: Children are being exposed to the real world of sex and death and suffering on a daily basis and are unwittingly entering the adult world with all its complex concerns. Children are consequently behaving like adults in the way they speak.ect
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March of progress explanation
The M.O.P view argues that over the past few centuries this has changed and the position of childhood has been steadily improving and today is better than it has ever been
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Conflict explanation
They criticise the M.O.P view and suggest that childhood is not improving because there are inequalities among children; and between children and adults- so much so that children today experience greater control by adults
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Age Patriarchy
Child liberationists argue that children in modern society are victims of their youth because it means they are subject to adult control
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The position of children varies dramatically throughout the world. For example, child soldiers in the developing world lead very different lives to those children involved in beauty pageants in the west
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Cross- Cultural Variation
Card 3
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Children are now the focal point of the family. For example, children are consulted on many decisions and there are many leisure products/activities are designed for children
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Card 4
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The idea that there is seperateness to childhood and laws which govern it. Pilcher (1995) suggests children are different to adults and need protection
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Card 5
Front
Childhood is a universal concept based on age- Functionalists suggest that children have, and always will be, passive because they are younger than adults
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