Changing Perception Of Childhood Essay
Nearly 850, 000 children and young people have a mental disorder (Young Minds, 2014), is childhood in modern British society in crisis ?
8th May 2014 Lesley J Jones S476547
Changing Perceptions of Childhood
Foundation Degree (P/T) Children and Young People
Year 1
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank my lecturers and colleagues at West Lancashire College, without whom I would not have been able to complete this task.
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Technological effects
2.1. What do our children witness ?
2.2. Commercialisation
2.3. Sexualisation
3. Education
3.1. The changing face and pressure of education
3.2. Childhood policy development
4. The Family
4.1. Changing family structures
4.2. Care provider or employee
5. Conclusion
6. References
1. Introduction
When or what is childhood? Childhood has changed dramatically in the last 100 years to bring us to what the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989. In this the Convention:
Defined childhood as a separate space from adulthood and recognised that what is appropriate for an adult may not be suitable for a child.
(United Nations, 1989)
This was quite a separation from the post industrial revolution where a child was considered of capable of work and a wage …show more content…
At this time in Britain the outlook for the girl aged 5 was domestic service and boys into the textile mills and coal mines. The population explosion at this time was accompanied by the high rate of industrialisation and urbanisation leading to most families living in towns. The living conditions for children were as poor as their working conditions with the rapid growth of the towns overtaking the availability of affordable housing. Hence it is during this period that we find overcrowding and despicable sanitary conditions leading to a high infant mortality
8th May 2014 Lesley J Jones S476547
Changing Perceptions of Childhood
Foundation Degree (P/T) Children and Young People
Year 1
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank my lecturers and colleagues at West Lancashire College, without whom I would not have been able to complete this task.
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Technological effects
2.1. What do our children witness ?
2.2. Commercialisation
2.3. Sexualisation
3. Education
3.1. The changing face and pressure of education
3.2. Childhood policy development
4. The Family
4.1. Changing family structures
4.2. Care provider or employee
5. Conclusion
6. References
1. Introduction
When or what is childhood? Childhood has changed dramatically in the last 100 years to bring us to what the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989. In this the Convention:
Defined childhood as a separate space from adulthood and recognised that what is appropriate for an adult may not be suitable for a child.
(United Nations, 1989)
This was quite a separation from the post industrial revolution where a child was considered of capable of work and a wage …show more content…
At this time in Britain the outlook for the girl aged 5 was domestic service and boys into the textile mills and coal mines. The population explosion at this time was accompanied by the high rate of industrialisation and urbanisation leading to most families living in towns. The living conditions for children were as poor as their working conditions with the rapid growth of the towns overtaking the availability of affordable housing. Hence it is during this period that we find overcrowding and despicable sanitary conditions leading to a high infant mortality