YEAR 12 UNIT 4.6

Which sociologist suggested that what children experience today as childhood is a recent social construction?

In what time period did Clarke state that the idea of childhood was 'invented'?

At what age did Aries say that children stopped being physically dependant on their parents?

How did Aries say children over the age of 7 were treated in medieval societies?

What did he give as a reason for them being treated as miniature adults?

Aries based his research of medieval children on paintings and their representation of children?

Aries said that medieval childhood began to resemble today's version of childhood towards the end of the 17th century.

One of the main reasons given by Aries for this was that there was a steady decrease in infant mortality rate, meaning children were more likely to actually survive childhood.

According to Clarke's idea of the middle class family ideology, which family member organised the 'proper' upbringing of the child?

What type of data did Aries get from using paintings for research?

What was one of Pollock's main criticisms of Aries?

What was Wilson's main criticism of Aries's work?

Industrialisation had a radical effect on the way that working class children were treated?

During the industrial period children were seen as economic necessities by their parents, in order to stave off poverty.

When was the Factory Act, preventing children working in mines and certain types of mill and factory, passed?

Thomas Barnardo opened up his first children's home in 1889?

The NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) was set up in what year?

What was Cunningham's (2006) major features of the child centred society?

The state takes responsibility for the emotional, physical, intellectual and spiritual development of a child, so it grows up to be a law-abiding citizen. What role did Chambers say that the state had taken on because of this?