YC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Preadolescence, Tabula Rasa, Child Pornography
Document Summary
Introduction according to oswell (2012), childhood assumes multiple emergent forms within diverse social, economics, historical and cultural contexts. social constructs vary from culture to culture, across time, and among organizations and institutions. Legal defintion: criminal code of canada sections 150. 1, 151, and 152. Prince edwards island, quebec, ontario, manitoba, saskatchewan and alberta aim to protect children under the age of 18, while new brunswick, nunavut, the northwest territories, Nova scotia, yukon and newfoundland and labrador happens to protect children until the age of 19. Focus on experiences and treatment of children in particular societies, during specific periods of time. Paying attention to the major changes and continuities in the concept of childhood: difficult to determine commonalities and differences across societies, requires awareness of both global and regional trends in childhood. Big picture" history of childhood is western european/north american perspective not universal.
