Alice Miller Childhood

Childhood is a social construction and varies between times, places and groups. Most sociologists see our ides of childhood as a fairly recent one, the result of industrialisation and other social changes. Modern society constructs childhood as a tie of vulnerability, innocence and segregation from the adult world. The March of progress sociologist believe we live in an increasingly child-centred society. They state that children have existence of child poverty, abuse and exploitation. Child liberationists argue that children in modern western society are victims of age patriarchy and are subject to adult control. Some argue that we are witnessing the disappearance

I am of the opinion that as a child practitioner an essential part of our work role will involve actively seeking to evolve and where apt build relationships. Consequently having a significant impact on children and young people’s lives.

Lythcott-Haimes explains when people go into the work force they expect to be given a check list of tasks needed to be completed instead of looking around and asking themselves how they can be useful in their jobs. The speaker’s use of pathos is very successful in persuading the audience to focus on other aspects of children than just

The child-centered perspective is all about focusing on a child's needs and best interests, their care, support and wellbeing. It's about understanding, at a deeper level, what influences a child's growth and development - how they attach to caring adults in their lives and what impacts on their ability to grow and develop into strong adults.

A child centred approach is important because, if a child has an option to choose what they want to do, they will be able to process information more efficiently through the motivation of play, and how much time they have to explore by themselves. The EYFS declares that “children learn though actively investigating the world around them.” Therefore the more they engage with an activity of their choice the more they will take from it and learn.

This helps practitioner’s work together for the welfare of children. It promotes the Every Child Matters outcomes to reinforcing how important it is for all child careers to work together.

In comparing Child and Youth Care (CYC) with related disciplines, it is important to keep in mind that the ideals that are often thought of as specific to CYC, in fact transpired simultaneously within similar practices (Modlin & Newbury, 2016). Many aspects of the CYC profession have been developed based on principles which come from a variety of practices. These disciplines include “fields of medicine, education, and psychology – primarily with some from sociology, social work, nursing and general arts education (Anglin, 2001). For the purpose of this paper, the related discipline that CYC will be compared to is that of the Social Work profession. This paper will compare the two practices through a Social Pedagogy lens, incorporating specific characteristics from both disciplines.

As a practitioner it’s your duty to observe and maintain correct procedures to ensure that the children are offered a stimulating environment which will further allow optimum possibilities for development. All those who work with or amongst children and young people have a crucial role to play in helping not only to shape aspects of their lives, but to also aid in enhancing their future development. Therefore it can be stated that how we set up our own working practices can affect children and young people’s development, as will be identified by this essay; below are areas where one should concentrate in order to further

We do this by providing them with an education but when you really think about, we are pushing the children away from childhood. We shouldn’t be spending “great sums of money on electronic entertainment centers that don’t speak to the soul’s need for child-like direct pleasure”(53). I agree that, “child wisdom is different from adult wisdom, but it has its place” (53). Children need to be appreciated and given the time to be a child. They need to be able to play, explore, and wonder, as it is imperative, to the care of their soul. I also think there is some truth in that we tend to push children into adulthood because we ourselves long to be childish. We no longer can play, be silly or stay up and sleep all day because we are adults and it is frowned upon. We must be mature and go to bed at a reasonable time because we must work and provide for our family. I know that my soul longs for child inside of

In this writing it will be discussing childhood development, as well as some vital issues that might come along during those stages of development. Child development consist of the stage where the child is developing physically, cognitively, socially and spiritually. During these stages of development a child is maturing from infancy to becoming a young adult. For many years theorist such as Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, and Lev Vygotsky’s have researched how children mature from infants to adulthood. Each of the theorist have profound facts to how children develop, but which of the three men are correct on their findings?

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According to Robert Holmes (2006), the ‘power dynamics between adults and children’ present an important obstacle to the collection of high quality evidence from children. Of course, engagement with children and young people is not always at an individual level. There are a variety of issues to think about when engaging with young children. Children and young people may be shy around unfamiliar adults, even at times even afraid, so it is important to find ways of making them feel safe and secure. Explanations for adults having power over children and young people are willingly established in materialistic and paternalistic declarations of looking out for the young children’s best interests, which is to protect them from harm. Most people including young children are in agreement with the involvement of adults is necessary there are however some critics who question this. Roberts, H. (2008) points out that power dynamics in children’s participation are much messier than is often explicated, and that power isn’t something that children

Therefore by arguing that childhood is social constructed, the “new sociology of childhood” enables one to understand young people from a different perspective. Such notions of childhood innocence, vulnerability, helplessness, economic dependence among others are scrutinized with regard to broader structural forces. Thus young people even though by virtue of their biological and psychological make-up may be similar across all cultures, what they are expected to do or how they view themselves differ from place to place, situation to situation. For instance even though the United Nations universalize childhood by defining it as,   “Childhood is the time for children to be in school and at play, to grow strong and confident with the love and encouragement of their family and an extended community of caring adults” (UNICEF 2005).

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Since the seventeenth century, children have been given a voice in the family home; by letting them to make their own choices. Reference This has changed the nature of childhood dramatically, which can be seen a positive and negative effect. It has enabled children to be more independent with decision making which prepares children more for adulthood; this is what childhood is ‘supposed’ to do. On the other hand, it can put too much burden on the child, meaning they are being treated more like an adult rather than a child.