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Future of childhood - Coggle Diagram
Future of childhood
Jenks
Agrees with Aries that childhood was a creation of modern society, shaping childhood as a separate stage of nurturing
Disagrees that childhood is disappearing even though there are growing concerns, but laws still highly regulate and control behaviour of young children (eg. alcohol, sexuality restrictions, not voting, etc.)
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Changes sped up, leading to insecurity and vulnerability
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Disagrees with Postman, as during times of instability, children are put first rather than losing their childhood
Childhood is a social construction as it is constantly changing and adapting to what society needs, so cannot be disappearing
Social identities are destabilised so that people no longer have a secure, grounded sense of who they are
Class solidarity has broken down, leading to insecure family life (eg. frequent divorces)
Partners have become disposable, but not children, who are the most important
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Evaluation (AO3)
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More women are working, so have less focus on children
Generalises the experience of childhood, ignoring individual differences, different cultures (eg. no minimum working age)
Religious differences, such as Bar/Bat Mitzvah being the time children are seen as adults
Gatrell - many parents do see their relationships with their children as the most important over their relationship with their partner
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Pester power
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Children are being trained and manipulated into buying products and thinking that they need products
AO2
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Conspicuous consumption - parents spend highly on children to portray themselves as good parents by showing off their wealth
Compensatory consumption - parents spend highly on their children to make up for not spending time with them
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Palmer - toxic childhood
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Led to damage in children's physical, emotional, and intellectual development
AO2
UK youth have above average rates of self harm, obesity, drug and alcohol abuse, violence, early sexual experience, and teenage pregnancies
Changes range from junk food, computer games, and intensive marketing to children, long hours worked by parents and the growing emphasis on testing in education
In 2014, figures published suggested a 70% increase in 10-14 year olds attending A&E for self harm related reasons over the preceding 2 years
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Rates of self harm were also higher in children who were attracted to the same gender or to both genders, as well as children from low income households
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