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Childhood (Sue Palmer's toxic childhood (children are pacified with TV…
Childhood
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Childhood is a social construction which is created and defined by society as opposed to your biological state.
250 million children, between the ages of 5 and 14, work
In Yemen, which is an Arabic country, child marriage was an accepted practicee. 1/4 of girls would have been married before the age of 15 and it was a norm for some girls as young as 9 years old to be married to men as old as 35.
Philip Aries suggested that our contemporary conception of childhood is a social construction. In pre-industrial society, there was no division between children and adults, meaning that children were able to wear similar clothing and were employed into the same businesses.
He also proposed the idea that we now have a cult of childhood, meaning that society has become 'child centred'.
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Under the 1842 factory act, children were no longer allowed to work in factories.
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Functionalists argue that the changing status of children is part of the 'march of progress'. This implies that the living standards for children have improved, which is evident to the vast amount of revenue dedicated to education, health care and protection of children's rights.
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Childhood has become longer due to staying on rates in education increasing as well as an increase in house prices. Childhood is therefore said to continue until the age of 18.
Women are choosing to have fewer children and are choosing to have them at a later age. This is likely to be because of contraception and abortion.
According to Postman, TV is blurring the distinction between childhood and adulthood because it makes information available to all ages and disregards their maturity levels.
Philips argues that popular culture has encouraged girls to embrace a sexual identity from a younger age.
The '9 O'clock watershed', which aims to be the cut off point for children watching V due to the vast number of shows including violent content, has ultimately failed. Due to living in a media saturated society, children have constant access to inappropriate content (recent shootings in Newzealand were posted online)
Half of young European adults are living with their parents, meaning a 'dependency generation' has been created. 48% of people between the ages of 18 and 30 are said to be still living with their parents.
Boomerang children are those who leave the home and then return at a later age. This could be because the increase in divorce rates and instability in relationships.