child-centred family

• what does higher living standards & smaller family sizes mean?

  parents can afford to provide for children's needs properly

  > by reaching 21st birthday, cost parents over £227,000
• child centredness in family

  -children no longer to be 'seen and not heard'

  -now focal point of family

  -consulted on many decisions that weren't before

  -parents invest great deal emotionally as well as financially
• child centredness in whole society

  -media output & many leisure activities designed specifically for children