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| Not biologically natural, but something that has been created and defined by society. |
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| Where adults are independent and should look after themselves, whereas children are more vulnerable and innocent, therefore they need to be protected and segregated from adults. |
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| Children have: different laws, different occupations, and different dress, products & services - compared to adults. |
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| The Modern Western notion of Childhood |
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| Notion that Childhood is a special time "the Golden Age of Happiness", and children are seen as fundamentally different to adults. |
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| March of Progress view: where families now work around the needs of the children, rather than the adults and children being seen as equals. |
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| Inequality between adults and children. |
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| Exploiting one group in order to reap benefits. |
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| The shift from an agricultural workforce, to factory production being the basis of the economy. |
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| Term described by Sue Palmer: where rapid technological and cultural changes in the past 25 years have damaged children's physical, emotional and intellectual development. |
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| Disappearance of Childhood |
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| Where the boundaries between adulthood and childhood are becoming blurred. |
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