Childhood, Families and Society: Social, Cultural and Policy Issues

by Deborah Chambers

Childhood experiences have altered dramatically in the past 50 years, with many of today's children experiencing changing family relations, accelerated contact with consumer culture and social media and a so-called "privatisation" of childhood. In this socio-cultural study, Chambers interrogates the contrasting interpretations of childhood: the idea of childhood agency versus the romantic ideal of children as innocent with a right to be childlike...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447350472
• ISBN13: 9781447350477
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 208 Pages