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How has the experience of childhood changed?

Sociology

A level

AQA

10m 0s

in Families, Households and Beliefs in Society

Children used to be ‘seen and not heard’. Today many people would argue that we live in a child centred society. What has led to these changes? Is childhood happier today than it was in the past? And what is the future of childhood?
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1. Listen carefully to the podcast and make careful notes of key concepts and any key thinkers. 

2. What does it mean when it is claimed that childhood is a social construct?

3. Identify 3 reasons why childhood has changed

4. Make a table with two columns – evidence childhood has improved and evidence it has not, and fill it using evidence in the podcast.

5. What is ‘toxic parenting?’

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