SOSC 1800 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Canada 2006 Census, Child Pornography, Preadolescence
17 Jun 2013
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Questions asked from page 1 are not always answered maybe because: they have not been asked or, their answers vary over time or, answers continue to vary across provincial and national borders. These are indications that the concepts of child and childhood are social constructs. Social constructs social creations subject to redefinition by the society or culture. Within a given time period and geographic region, there are differing philosophical approaches to understanding children and childhood. Children of different genders, races, and social class background will experience childhood differently. Child , children , and childhood are defined differently even on some of canada"s contemporary official or legal documents. Nunavut, the northwest territories, nova scotia, yukon, & newfoundland and. The term child alters depending on: the context in which it us used, the purpose it is intended to serve, the type and nature of interactions it involves.
