CO SCI 136 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Social Comparison Theory, Water Pollution, Materialism
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Historical background: demographic factors (fertility rates, imr, maternal factors (healthcare, wealth distribution, political (willingness to protect children, social factors (child labor, education) Medieval times - he claimed, children are portrayed as small adults in medieval art the differences between children and adults are portrayed as deficits . He stated that children are too soon integrated into adult life, as soon as able children would work. 17th century british children would work from as young as 8 years old. From 10 children would be separated from their parents. Thoughts on childhood began from rousseau (1762) emilie ou de l"education" - claiming that children"s education is important. Infanticide (killing of children) only became illegal after the first orphanages were found: brutal-childrearing practices such as neglect were common, 1722- the first workhouses were founded in britain causing the death rate to be >90%. Was like a socially acceptable infanticide: 1552- abandonment of poor and illegitimate children: london"s response was slow.
