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Welfare View
Forms the basis of social policy
toward children in the UK today
Children Act of 1989
when a court determines any
question with respect to the
upbringing of a childthe
childs welfare shall be the
courts paramount
consideration
Control View
Argues that children are
unable to control their
anti-social tendencies
Rogers
there is no natural
distinction that marks
off children as a certain
category of person
meaning given to
childhood at a time and
place
In pairs, describe a
day in the life of a
5-year old in Britain
today. How many
times a day might
that child be
controlled by adults?
Use the headings:
no schoolchildren
Surveillance
Road safety
1971 80% of 7-8 yr olds allowed to go to school
without supervision
1990 fallen to 9%
Hugh Cunningham (2007)
Areas in which children are allowed to travel alone has
shrunk to one ninth of the size it was 25 years ago
Money!
Labour laws
Compulsory schooling
Child benefit goes to the.parents
Pocket money given by.parents (control)
Katz
Kids
with Guns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB2gPZRs
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bojx9BDp
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaZONLa
B1aQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmWiflT0
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faRlFsYm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1203clO
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Childhood
Child Centred
Social Construction
Economic asset
Economic burden/liability
Infant mortality rate
March of progress view
Cross-cultural
Disappearance of childhood
Social blurring
Age patriarchy
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