Using material from item a and elsewhere, assess sociological explanations of changes in the status of childhood (24 marks) There are different arguments towards the way childhood is socially constructed and how this has changed over time, in this question I will assess the different viewpoints and the pros and cons of them. Item A is very basic, it does not give much evidence or in depth explanation about the changes of childhood through the years. In the first paragraph, it mentions Aries point that children were considered as ‘miniature adults’ in the medieval ages, he described that there was minimal distinction in the behaviour of children and adults. During this period of time children were considered and treated as adults in many ways, children were mixed at work and leisure. Some people would have argued that this was fair and equal and that today’s ‘child-centred’ society has taken away the freedom of children over the years.
Vulnerable Mothers and Children HCA 340 Special Populations Instructor: July 28, 2014 In this paper I will analyze the barriers to medical services that vulnerable mothers and children have to endure. “Vulnerable populations include group of people whose health care needs exceed the average or who are a greater risk [than the average person] for poor health status and health care access.” (Christine Ferguson 2007, p.1359). When women get pregnant too young they become vulnerable due to their lack of education. It becomes too hard for them to continue school and raise a child at the same time. The lack of education leads to further development of barriers such as a financial barrier and poor lifestyle that makes them unable to provide for themselves and their child.
SOCIOLOGY CASE STUDY OUTCOME 1 PART2 When looking at the impact of the family upon child A from a functionalist perspective where all the parts of the machine/body need to work for it to run smoothly then it is blatantly clear that there are many parts of this particular family have not been working the way they should. Firstly if you start with the absence of any father then this leaves child A without one of the primary care givers and the role that he would’ve filled. This rejection from the father has caused a massive blow to child A’s self-esteem and has left feelings of low self worth, anger and confusion. The absence of the father also meant there was no positive male role model for child A and this may be at
Children who have run away behaviour those parents find difficult to manage alone. Also children who truancy off school is another behaviour that may lead to the child’s needs to be placed in the foster care systems. Deaths: Sometimes children have to be put in care because family are unable to care for the child after the death of a parent children maybe looked after by the local authority most often it is because the child’s parents or the people who have parental responsibilities and rights to look after the child are unable to care for them. Have been neglected them or the child has committed an offence his local authority has specific responsibilities and duties for a child who is being looked after such as: 1. The local authority accommodation under a voluntary arrangement where the child’s patents agree to the child being
One example of this was the simple that no able bodied man was able to live in these projects along with their families. They were forced to struggle on their own to look for low-end jobs. This idea of the American family that consisted of a working father and a working mother clearly weren’t in affect here. It proved hurtful to the lifestyle of many African American families. As a women stated in the film, “The strong and tightly knit families I had grew up around had begun to shatter and it was one of the most tragic things I had seen”(Pruitt-Igoe).
The Great Depression in Canada The Great Depression in Canada was a very difficult time. Almost everybody was affected by this brutal time period. The Great Depression profoundly affected the family unit. Children found themselves in orphanages and were working for a very small pay and out of school. Men struggled to maintain and find jobs to support his family, and women struggled to put food on the table and care for her children with the little or no money that the men brought home.
In Danticat’s story titled “A Wall of Fire Rising”, she brings us into the life of a Haitian family and how they were affected, both physically and emotionally, by the conditions of poverty. The family consisted of a father, named Guy, his wife, named Lillie, and their young school aged boy, named Little Guy. The story takes place in a small village in Haiti. My vision of this place is that it was not known for wealth but rather a place where the poor had been placed to settle. There was a lack of resources to find work, therefore making it a daily battle to be an adequate provider for the family.
This value is defined by the idea of putting others before you. With this being the most important goal, there should be more of a focus on getting help to families who are lacking basic needs like food and shelter, which is what the main welfare programs provide. The main issue here is that many of the families seeking welfare have children whose interests are of greatest importance. If people are denied assistance due to drug use, their children suffer. In the instance that a mother is abusing drugs and applying for welfare, she probably isn’t adequately caring for her children in the first place due to the drug usage.
One group in particular is contracting and dealing with the disease at an alarming rate. African American women are contracting the disease 15 times higher than that of their white counter parts and 4 times higher than that of Hispanic women (El-Bassel N). Although the disease can affect anybody, why is a specific group targeted more than any other group? African American women are disproportionately affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The lack of prevention interventions that address African American women plays a critical role as to why the epidemic continues to spread.
Second, the State may limit the freedom of children because an assumption is made that children, unlike adults, lack the ability to make critical decisions in an informed, mature manner. Third, the Supreme Court acknowledges the importance of the parental role in child-rearing and, thus, justifies limiting the freedom of minors since "the child is not merely the creature of the state; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled with the high duty to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations" (Fourteenth Amendment...). A duty to prepare" is interpreted by the Supreme Court to include raising a child with "moral standards, religious belief, and elements of good citizenship" (Fourteenth Amendment...). The State gives deference to parents because