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1 online resource (x, 169 pages) : illustrations |
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Cover; CHILDREN THESE DAYS; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; ONE -- Perceptions of childhood; Constructing childhood; Distinctions between childhood and adulthood; Images of childhood; The rest of the book; TWO -- Collecting the evidence; The school survey; The school survey; Untitled; THREE -- What's it like being a child?; Happy childhoods?; Worries and concerns; The best and worst things about being a child or young person; Summary; FOUR -- Growing up, becoming an 'adult'; Physical and biological maturity; In the eyes of the law; The notion of 'competence' or 'capacity' |
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At what age?Do children grow up too quickly?; Making decisions; Summary; FIVE -- Influences, controls and protection; Models of child development; Families, friends and the media; Adults' views on young people's behaviour; Discipline and punishment; A dangerous environment?; So, are parents over-protective?; Have things changed?; Summary; SIX -- Status and respect; The meaning of parenthood; Children's views on their parents; Is respect mutual?; Taking children's and young people's views into account; Adults' tolerance of young people's clothes and hairstyles; Summary |
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SEVEN -- Getting along togetherA context of unease; Patterns of contact between adults, children and young people; Spending time together; The quality of relationships; Do older and younger generations talk to each other?; Do older and younger generations listen to each other?; Adults' attitudes to their own and other people's children; Summary; EIGHT -- A child-friendly society?; Changes in both directions; Are adults friendly and welcoming?; Are children made welcome in public places?; Children in neighbourhoods; Growing up in England; Adults' views on whether England is child friendly |
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Young people's portrayal in the mediaDo adults really prefer their pets?; Summary; NINE -- Making things better for children and adults; The school survey and young people's concerns; Adults' priorities; Making lives easier and happier; Summary; TEN -- Findings and messages; Children want to be children; Growing up and growing independence; Protection and freedom; Behaviour and its control; The public presentation of childhood; A question of 'respect'; The generation game; Children are not all the same; England could be more child friendly; Meeting the challenges; References; Index |
| Summary |
What is it like to be a child growing up in Britain these days? Is it a happy time, or is there too much to worry about? What are the best and worst aspects of being a child today? Children these days draws on the accounts of over two thousand children, and five hundred adults, to examine the present day meaning of childhood and its implications for policy and practice |
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Family. Marriage. Women |
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Children |
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Sociology of youth - general |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-162) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Children -- Great Britain
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Children -- Great Britain -- Social conditions
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Child psychology -- Great Britain
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Children's Studies.
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Child psychology
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Children
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Children -- Social conditions
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Kind
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Kinderen.
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Great Britain
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Großbritannien
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Engeland.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781847421517 |
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1847421512 |
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