Childhood seems to have been better in the past, yes. My Boomer parents had pick-up baseball and hockey games with the neighbourhood kids outside. I went off on my bike and to the playground with my siblings, wandered through the woods at my grandparents' alone, or went to visit friends. I allow my own children to do similar things (when they're not in swimming, judo, etc.), but they never see the other children on the street to play with.
Causes? Over-scheduling by parents, excessive concern about safety, screens are more interesting, there are just fewer kids around overall.
(Yes, there are certainly ways in which childhood has improved in the last fifty years as well — but overall? And yes, my comments aren't necessarily applicable outside of Canada. I'm referring to my own nostalgia.)
The social norm is constructed: not naturally occurring but created by the society in which it is found.
Hence there are no actions which in themselves are inherently #abnormal or universally condemned by all societies at all times. Deviance is thus situational and contextual.
Rough contact and impact peak around the age of seven. This is gradually replaced by peer monitoring in the years that follow.
Isabelle Clair: "Adolescence is a very normative age. At middle school, "there's a very tough relationship to what's the right thing to do".
Margot Déage: "Physical violence is much more prevalent in elementary/primary school, then decreases in middle school, and progressively through high school."
This research studies how the idea of "child protection" has been historically misused as a tool for discriminating against gay men, portraying them as a danger to children. Over time, this argument evolved into subtler claims as it became less effective and faced greater rejection from the general public due to increased public...
My fave #childhood#Easter memories was entering the Shoppers Drug Mart colouring contest every year from ages 7-11. I won 4 times in those years - heaps of chocolate prizes. I gave the chocolate prizes to my bros because I'm not a milk chocolates or sugary sweets lover. I just loved entering the colouring contests.
We didn't really celebrate Easter because it's not in our culture. Me & my brothers participated in Easter egg hunts at school & in community though & they were fun.
Frame Variation in Child Protectionist Claims: Constructions of Gay Men and Transgender Women as Strangers (Amy L Stone, 2019) (academic.oup.com)
This research studies how the idea of "child protection" has been historically misused as a tool for discriminating against gay men, portraying them as a danger to children. Over time, this argument evolved into subtler claims as it became less effective and faced greater rejection from the general public due to increased public...