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Children these days /

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 presen...

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Autor principal: Madge, Nicola
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a 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' 
505 0 |a 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. 
505 0 |a 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. 
505 0 |a 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. 
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