Childhood and Globalisation

Cards (2)

  • what is the globalisation of childhood?

    The idea that western ideas of childhood are being spread around the world and viewed as the norm.
  • International humanitarian and welfare agencies
    exported and imposed western norms on rest of the world with the belief that childhood should be:
    > a separate stage to adulthood
    > based on nuclear family and school
    > children are innocent, dependent and vulnerable
    > children have no economic role - should not work