CHYS 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Consumerism, Status Quo, Gun Control

• School: Brock University
• Department: Child and Youth Studies
• Course: CHYS 1F90
• Professor: Shauna Pomerantz

Document Summary

Teenage wasteland: sex, violence, and other youth moral panics. Key concepts: discourse, teenager, storm and stress, social problem, moral panic, sexting, selfies, shoot shootings. Schooling optional (cid:272)hild(cid:396)e(cid:374) did(cid:374)(cid:859)t go to s(cid:272)hool, the(cid:455) helped out at ho(cid:373)e starting as early as 10yr. Early marriage, parenthood 16-17 often married with kids. Restricted from factory & mining work start to see dangers in these works only restricted to these kinds. Most provinces enact legislation to restrict employment of children government prioritize education (john locke = appropriate experience) Children pushed out of work grown-ups needed jobs to support family, children seen as taking their jobs. Privacy, leisure time kids/parents able to start buying/driving cars. All activity was previously done at home ie. introduce to parents, now creates a private place for the kids to do what they want. Sex/romance now able to develop on their own.