Topic 2: Childhood

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  1. 2. Postman argues that childhood is ... as a result of children's access to the adult World due to TV and the internet
  2. 3. Sociologist who said that the most important feature of the modern idea of childhood is 'separateness'
  3. 5. New laws meant that children were no longer allowed to do this. As a result they were now more dependent upon their parents
  4. 6. A sociological term that means 'opportunities for happiness and success'. For some children these ... (2 words) are greater than for others
  5. 8. Children went from an economic asset to an economic ...
  6. 11. As a society we have become more ... (2 words). It means that children are no longer 'seen and not heard' but are a focal point fo the family
  7. 15. Our view of childhood is created by society. Therefore it is a ... (2 words 6,12)
  8. 18. This number has declined and therefore parents choose to have fewer children and are closer to the ones they have (3 words)
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  1. 1. A type of view that says that things are improving over time. It therefore argues that childhood has got better(3 words)
  2. 4. The view that the relationship between adults and children is one of domination (adults) and subordination (children)
  3. 7. One of reasons that we have fewer children today is that they are so ...
  4. 9. This became compulsory from 1880 in the UK and changed the way we see children
  5. 10. Palmer says that as a result of junk food, computer games etc, childhood has become ...
  6. 12. Country where children as young as 5 are expected to take work responsibilities in the home and in the community
  7. 13. Sociologists who said that in the middle ages the idea of childhood did not exist
  8. 14. A sociological theory that argues that the relationships that adults have with their children have become increasingly important in an uncertain and unstable World
  9. 16. Since the 60s when this became freely available to women we have fewer children
  10. 17. Women often choose to have children ... so that they can focus on education and careers
  11. 19. A term coined by Gittins which describes inequalities between children and adults as being similar to the same unequal relationships between men and women (2 words)