revision

• fewer children - the birth rate = the number of live births per 1000 of the population. 

  • decreasing - children have become an economic liability rather than an asset
  • historian, Aries, studied paintings and identified that children have be were like ‘little adults’ This is because they weren't provided with as toys,
  • Buckingham outlined that people would use ‘pester power' as a method of selling false needs to children. shops would sell toys at the bottom shelves to be in reach of children.
  • criticised because of their ethnocentric view. other countries dant have the same child labour laws, so it's limited to only Uk. For example children in Bolivia become responsible for their community at age 5
• increase in life expectancy. - the average period that a person may live

  • This is supported because in 1900, the life expectancy for men was 44, and raised to 78.95 in 2018. This trend = children could have stronger relationships with grandparents impacts the family structure by increasing the amount of beanpole for families (older generations are living longer = more living in one household) parents can work while the grandparents support parents by babysitting 
  • positively impacts the family by enabling them to have reduced financial stress since there are more people earning. This means they can go out and be more active to reduce family conflict