Zusammenfassung der Ressource
AS Sociology: Unit 1: Families and
Households: Childhood.
- Socially constructed: childhood is created by social
process, rather than naturally ocuring.
- Aries 1962: Historical changes in childhood
- 10th-13th Century: Childhood is non existent. They have the same needs as adults.
- 10th-16th Century: The emergence of the 'modern child'. Working class still involved child labour.
- 17th Century: Children and adults have different clothing styles.
- 18th Century: Handbooks on childbearing. Children centre of family life.
- 20th Centruy: 'The century of the children.
- A02: Pollack argues that Aries' work is flawed. Childhood has
always been around. Looks at diaries written between
16th and 20th century, Evidence to suggest that
childhood does exist.
- A02: Cunningham examined Renaissance Art,
children were innocents, meaning childhood
did exist in these times.
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