The concept of childhood didn't exist in medical Europe, they didn't have separate needs to adults.
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Pollock
It is more correct to say that in the middle ages society simply had a different notion of childhood from today.
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Harper
The education of women is the most important reason for the long-term fall in birth and family rates.
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Brass and Kabir
The trend in smaller families started in urban areas where the IMR remained high for longer.
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Donzelot
Observes how theories of child development that began to appear stressed the importance of supervision and protection. Medical knowledge about children have grown which has led to the change in the social position of children.
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De Mause
The history of childhood is a nightmare from which we have only recently begun to awaken. The further back history goes the lower the levels of childcare.
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Punch
Study of children in rural Bolivia found that children of 5 years old where expected to take work responsibilities.
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Wagg
Childhood is socially constructed. While all humans go through the same stages of physical development, different cultures construct or define the process differently.
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Postman
Childhood is disappearing at a dazzling speed. He points towards giving children the same rights as adults.
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Opie
Children still have a separate culture, media hasn't necessarily influenced us negatively.
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Jenks
Childhood is not disappearing its just changed, the needs of children have changed therefore childhood has changed.
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Card 2
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It is more correct to say that in the middle ages society simply had a different notion of childhood from today.
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Pollock
Card 3
Front
The education of women is the most important reason for the long-term fall in birth and family rates.
Back
Card 4
Front
The trend in smaller families started in urban areas where the IMR remained high for longer.
Back
Card 5
Front
Observes how theories of child development that began to appear stressed the importance of supervision and protection. Medical knowledge about children have grown which has led to the change in the social position of children.
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