childhood as a 'golden age'

    Cards (4)

    • What is childhood seen as?
      • as a golden age of happiness and innocence
      • this innocence means that children are seen as vulnerable and in need of protection from dangers of adult world
    • How can children be separated from the dangers of the adult world?
      • adults providing for them
      • adults protecting them from outside world. EG) they don't work, they play or instead of letting them go outside on their own. Instead parents take them
      • Although, this view of childhood is not found in all societies. Not universal
    • What is the globalisation of western childhood in terms of childhood as a golden age?
      • sociologists argue western notions of childhood are being globalised
      • international humanitarian and welfare agencies have exported and been imposed on the rest of the world
    • What are some western norms of what a childhood should?
      • a separate life stage
      • based in a nuclear family where they attend school and earn an education
      • children are vulnerable and innocent