Myth and Reality in the Discovery and Representation of Childhood

Sgritta, Giovanni B.; Saporiti, Angelo

doi:10.1007/978-1-349-09337-3_6

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“…There was migration from the inner city to the suburbs as the dynamics of family life changed, with a focus on improved lifestyles for the nuclear family. Despite these changes, the children of the 1950s were still 'seen and not heard' because, in spite of changing attitudes to parenting, the boundary separating adulthood and childhood was firmly maintained (Sgritta and Saporita, 1989). Then it was believed that 'parents feared the Depression would return or the bomb would drop' yet 'children of the era still managed to grow up with a sense of confidence about their place in the world' (Carruthers, 1994).…”

Section: Historical Transformation Of the Family Society And The Urbmentioning

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Children’s Diminishing Play Space: a Study of Inter‐generational Change in Children’s Use of their Neighbourhoods

Tan-Dy

1999

Australian Geographical Studies

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A survey of 421 children and 165 parents from three suburban primary schools in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia has provided information on the nature and location of children’s play, both at present and a generation ago. Although modern children have greater access to individual transport in the form of higher bicycle ownership, other constraints appear to have restricted their play space. These include the availability of home‐based leisure technology such as computer games and greater parental restriction on where children might play. The results of the survey would appear to indicate that children prefer to play at home. However, analysis of the children’s stories and drawings suggests that, given the chance, a majority of children would choose to engage in outdoor activities in the bush, in parks or on the beach. Their actual choice of play space may thus be determined by a knowledge of parental constraints.

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Section: Historical Transformation Of the Family Society And The Urbmentioning

confidence: 99%

Children’s Diminishing Play Space: a Study of Inter‐generational Change in Children’s Use of their Neighbourhoods

Tan-Dy

1999

Australian Geographical Studies

101

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Sociology: Societal Structure, Development of Childhood, and the Well-Being of Children

Qvortrup¹

2014

Handbook of Child Well-Being

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<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'>The Youth and the Family in Transition in Nigeria</p> <p class=MsoNormal> </p>

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Omobowale²

2006

Review of Sociology

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Myth and Reality in the Discovery and Representation of Childhood

Cited by 3 publications

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Children’s Diminishing Play Space: a Study of Inter‐generational Change in Children’s Use of their Neighbourhoods

Children’s Diminishing Play Space: a Study of Inter‐generational Change in Children’s Use of their Neighbourhoods

Sociology: Societal Structure, Development of Childhood, and the Well-Being of Children

<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'>The Youth and the Family in Transition in Nigeria</p> <p class=MsoNormal> </p>

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