202879
Description
Mind Map by Samantha Lea, updated more than 1 year ago
|
Created by Samantha Lea
over 11 years ago
|
|
Childhood in Crisis?-Block 1 (unit 1)
- NOTION OF CRISIS CREATED BY;
- Western world (ideologies)
- Media
- Public discourses
- Romantic view of childhood innocence (18th century
Rousseau)
- Nostalgia of own childhood
- Assisted by the change in thinking of children as an asset to the state to an emotional valuable being (20th century)-Cunnigham
- Western world (ideologies)
- MAIN FEATURES OF 'THE CRISIS'
- Child consumerism fears
- Stress of academic achievment/from policies
- Concerns of safety/abuse
- Loss of 'innocence' through clothing/video games etc.
- Health/weight gain
- Concerns over childrens happiness & well being
- Parents pressured to 'keep upto date' through consumerism
- Companies applying marketing strategies in order to 'scaremonger' parents into protecting childs welfare (safety products/stem cell retrieval)
- Child consumerism fears
- IMPLICATIONS/CAUSE & EFFECT OF 'THE CRISIS'
- Less freedom for children over fears of safety
- Parents expected to spend more £ on children (toys/gifts/parties)
- State intervention into childhood
- High risk aversion lifestyle
- Parental confidence lost due to pressures of 'how to parent' (media etc.)
- Less freedom for children over fears of safety
- IS THE CRISIS REAL?
- NO
- Its a media fuelled panic
- Patterned- it repeats every time a new thin is developed (e.g. technology)
- Its a media fuelled panic
- YES
- Its also 'Cyclical' not a new phenomenon
- Yes-As a reflection of adult anxiety and insecurity in 'new times' p.30)
- Its also 'Cyclical' not a new phenomenon
- NO
Want to create your own Mind Maps for free with GoConqr? Learn more.