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Define the social construction of childhood
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Childhood is seen as a social construction. It is not a biological o natural state. Instead, it is shaped and given meaing by culture and society. the way children lives are structired and the length it should last, is all socially constructed.
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What evidence is there to prove the childhood is socially consructed?
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Cross-cultural evidence- if childhood was a 'natural state', then it would be the same in every society, but it is not.
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Which study shows that childhood is different in each culture?
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Raymond firth (1963)- Condcted study of the Pacific Island of Tikopia and found that children carried out dangerous tasks when they thought they were ready rather than adults deciding that they are competent and safe to do so.
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What did philippe Aires state about childhood in the medieval tims?
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He stated that there was no childhood during those times. children were seen as little adults and treated like adults. they worked alongside adults in fields and behaved like them.
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Who criticised Aries and what did they say?
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Bukatko and Daehler (2001)- Aires overstated theidea of childhood in the medieval Europe. For example, children wre not allowed to marry before the age of twelve.
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Which sociologist argues that childhood is fading and why?
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Neil Postman (1983)- childhood could only be protected when they are seperated from adults. Children and adults are become more and more similar. the Media is contributing to the end of childhood.
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What is the meaning of Dual Status?
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Dual status means belonging to two things such as belonging to two countries.
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How does dual status refer to childhood?
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Nick Lee (2001)- states that children are influenced with products and they make them a success or not. Children are both dependent and independent.
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How is Postman criticized?
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Nick Lee- childhood is not disappearing and it is a long way from disappearing. children have become an economic force.
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Who came up with the two images of childhood and what are they?
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Wendy Stainton Rogers (2001)- Innocent and wholesome and wicked and sinful
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Describe the innocent and wholesome child
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They are seen as happy and joyous. The children should be protected from abuthood world such as violence and worries.
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Describe the wicked and sinful child
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Children should be restrained, regulated and disciplined.
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