Theories on Childhood

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Neil Postman and the disappearance of childhood
Children are given the same rights as adults, there is a growing similarity between children and adults interests, e.g, games and clothing, children have easy access to adult information due to the rise in television and fall of print culture.
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Sue Palmer and toxic childhood
Busy, stressed lives of parents deprive children of quality family time, they are left with an 'electronic babysitter', junk food and fizzy drinks, damaging intellectual development.
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Cunningham and the lack of parental authority
Parents are giving children more spending money, they become more independent and choose how they spend it.
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Silva
The role of parents is diminishing in the face of the growing importance of peers, teachers and social media.
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March of progress
In western societies the position of children is gradually improving, children are more valued, better cared for, protected, educated, enjoying better healthcare and have more rights.
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Mayer Hillman and Jens Banke
Boys generally have more freedom to cross roads, cycle, go out in the dark and girls are 5x more expected to do domestic labour in lone parent households than boys are.
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Julia Brannen (1994)
15/16 year olds with Asian parents are treated more strictly, especially daughters.
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Ghazala Bhafti
In Asian families family honour restricted girls behaviour.
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