Childhood Theories

Childhood Theories

1. Is childhood disappearing

   • No (Opie)
     • Children have their own culture
     • Evidence of separate cultures
   • Yes (Postman)
     • Same rights as adults
     • Committing adult crimes
     • Information Hierarchy lost

2. Control over resources

   • Depend economically on adults . child benefits got to adults
     • Katz
       • in some cultures children work from 4/5

3. Control over time

   • Holmes
     • Samoans too young is never a reason to not let a child do a task
   • Parents control daily routine

4. Control over bodies

   • Parents control what children wear and how they touch themselves

5. Control over children's space

   • Katz
     • Sudanese children roam freely 7km from village
   • Cunningham
     • habitat of 8 year olds in areas where they can travel shrunk to 1/9 over last 25 years

6. Toxic childhood

   • Palmer
     • children with toxic childhood changes have damaged childhood
   • Margo and Dixon
     • Uk top of the league for childhood sex, drugs obesity & 21/25 for child well being

7. Inequalities between children and adults

   • Firestone and Holt
     • Conflicts of protection is oppression, banning children from work making dependent

8. Abuse and neglect

   • 2013- 43,000 cases of abuse from parents and needing child protection. Child line recieves 20,000 calls a year