CHYS 1F90 Final: review
9 Apr 2016
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Indonesian smoking baby: hooked on cigarettes since he was 18 months old, smokes 40 a day, was introduced to cigarettes by his father, displays the difference between culture in indonesia and our culture, smoking is frowned upon in canada) Adulthood: mature, independent, responsible, capable, and powerful. Childhood: immature, dependent, irresponsible, incompetent, and powerless. Childhood did not exist in medieval times and was not considered a separate stage from adulthood. Childhood is a modern invention and social construction redefined by society and culture that varies across time and space. Childhood is changing/fluid, not fixed/set, not universal. Childhood as tabula rasa (john locke): children are born blank slates imperfect and incomplete citizens in the making". Children as innocence (j. j rousseau): children are born free and innocent in a perfect state natural development innocence is ruined by education in need of protection because they are na ve, simple, ignored, vulnerable, victimized, easily corrupted and hurt.
