Essays!!! _ 1Examine the reasons for changes in the position of children in the family and society.

Examine the reasons for changes in the position of children in the family and society.


-As we can see,there is a clear trend that children are concerned by more and more people nowadays no matter by the family itself or the whole society. For example,there are a lots of laws which concentrate on the rights of children since 1989 with the Child Support Act.
In fact,we can value the change by the changes of society and the corresponding changes in family structure.
Indicated by the sociologist-Aries' study on the paintings,childhood didn't exist before the Medieval that children shared work and production with adults as a family unit until the 16th century,when upper class family began to send the children to the school. Furthermore,with the arrival of industrialisation,nuclear family gradually replaced extended family which suits more the requirement of the charactersitics like geographic mobility and therefore,parents have the chance to concentrate more on their children and realise the special needs of them. Besides,as the increasing standards of labour market,children didn't have the required skill and were left at home which asked parents to know the importance of education and training to children. Nextly,since the increasing average income of the world,people can afford to buy more things to their children and send them to receive education. What's more, the most important cause is the increasing competition of each country that the government should improve the productive capacity by increasing their human capital and more concerns on them . Consequently,Child Support Act firstly introduced the rights of children and other policies come into implement. For instance, parents have to continue to pay the fee to bring their children up after separation and divorce and the introduction of compulsory education with more types of schools to suit different students. Recent to these years,children problems such as domestic violence to the children also appeal to the concerns of the society to care more for the mental need of children.

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