In the Middle Ages, children were simply infants that transformed into mini adults
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Phillipe Aries (1960)
In the Middle ages 'the idea of childhood did not exit'
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Edward Shorter (1975)
High death rats encouraged indifference and negelt to children, especially infants
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Linda Pollock (1983)
Criticizes Aries, more correct to say that Middle Age society simply a different of childhood from today's
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Lloyd De Mause (1974)
The history of childhood is a nightmare from which we have only recent been woken up from
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Stephan Wagg (1922)
Although all humans experience the same physical stages of development, the experience of childhood is 'Socially Constructed'
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Diana Gittens (1985)
Feminists argue that children are controlled by adults which is known as 'Age Patriarchy'
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Jacques Donzelot (1997)
New forms of surveillance, appearing from the 19th century, represent a new way to control parents and children alike, through supervision and protection
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Neil Postman (1982)
Childhood is 'disappering at a dazzling speed' for the rise and fall of the print media has led to the 'blurring of lines' between adults and children
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Iona Opie (1993)
Disagrees with Postman; instead that childhood has variated through a change in modern culture- study on games and rhymes showed that children still make their separate culture
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Christoper Jenks (2005)
Childhood is changing from modernity to 'Postmodernity' and this is causing for relationships be become less stable
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Anthropologist Ruth Benedict (1934)
Argues that children in simpler non-industrial societies are generally treated differently from their modern Western counterparts
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Samanta Punch (2001)- Case Study
Children take responsibility at a young age (age 5)
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Lowell Holmes (1974)- Case Study
Whether it be handling tools or extremely heavy loads, if a child thinks he can handle the activity, parents do not object. 'Too Young' isn't an excuse
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Raymond Firth (1970)-Case Study
Doing as you are told by a grown-up is regarded as a decision of respect appointed by the child
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Bronislaw Malinowinski (1957)- Case Study
Adults take an attitude of 'tolerance and amusement' towards children's sexual exploitation and activites
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Jane Pilcher (1955)
The most important modern idea of childhood is 'Seperatness' (should be a clear and distinct life stage)
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Sue Palmer (2007)
States that childhood is being commercialized to lead to a 'Toxic Childhood': technology such as computer gaming is given to children as a substitute for good parenting
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Mayer Hillman (1993)
Boys are more likley to be allowed to cross roads or cycle on roads, use buses and go out after dark unaccomopanied
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Jens Bronke (1999)
Found that girls do more domestic labour- especially in lone-parent families (do 5 times more than boys)
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Firestone (1979) & Holt (1974)
Many things that March of Progress writers see as care and protection are in fact just new forns of oppression and control
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Cindi Katz (2004)
Rural Sundaneae children roam freely both within the village and several kilometers outside it
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Allison James (1993)
'Acting Up'- children acting like adults by doing things that children shouldn't do
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Berry Mayall (2004)
An 'adultist' viewpoint sees children as mere 'socialisation projects' for adults to mould
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Carol Smart (2011)
Aims include the views and experience of children themselves while living through childhood
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Mason & Tipper (2008)
Show how children create their own definitions of family which may include people who are not 'proper' but they regard as close
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Marxist Viewpoint
Children are very important to modern capitalism and this is why we have a new construct of childhood in the western world
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Functionalist Viewpoint
Crucial process in the modern family, young person socialised into a useful member of society
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Feminist Viewpoint
Childhood funtions as a preperation to patriarchy, by starting in youth so it isn't such a shock in adulthood
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
In the Middle ages 'the idea of childhood did not exit'
Back
Phillipe Aries (1960)
Card 3
Front
High death rats encouraged indifference and negelt to children, especially infants
Back
Card 4
Front
Criticizes Aries, more correct to say that Middle Age society simply a different of childhood from today's
Back
Card 5
Front
The history of childhood is a nightmare from which we have only recent been woken up from
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