The Childhood Of Growing Up

There are various discourses of childhood that help us understand how childhood is viewed and how children themselves are seen. It is important to also look outside the system world and look towards the life worlds as it gives a more realistic view of various childhoods and shows how diverse the concept of childhood is because children do not share the same experiences. Regardless if you are looking at the system or life world the notions of rights, opportunities and capabilities are often discussed. These notions aids us in understanding childhood, however they can often obstruct us as well.

In the story, "Growing Up" by Gary Soto, Maria thinks that she is too mature to go on vacation with her family but because she thinks she is "too mature", she is missing out on being with her family before they are gone forever so that's what I think the theme is. Why I think the theme is that she should enjoy being with her family while she can is because on pg. 1-2 it said "Her father promised to take them to Great America, but she knew that the grown-ups would sit around talking for days before they remembered the kids and finally got up and did something. They would have to wait until the last day before they could go to Great America. It wasn't worth the boredom." Because she is thinking about herself, she didn't think about the bad things

1.1 – Explain the factors that need to be taken into account when assessing development

Lareau, in Unequal Childhoods, focuses on socioeconomic status and how that affects outcomes in the education system and the workplace. While examining middle-class, working-class and poor families, Lareau witnessed differing logics of parenting, which could greatly determine a child’s future success. Working-class and poor families allow their children an accomplishment of natural growth, whereas middle-class parents prepare their children through concerted cultivation. The latter provides children with a sense of entitlement, as parents encourage them to negotiate and challenge those in authority. Parents almost overwhelm their children with organized activities, as we witnessed in the life of Garrett Tallinger. Due to his parents and their economic and cultural capital, Garrett was not only able to learn in an educational setting, but through differing activities, equipping him with several skills to be successful in the world. Lareau suggests these extra skills allow children to “think of themselves as special and as entitled to receive certain kinds of services from adults” (39). Adults in the school system are in favor of these skills through concerted cultivation, and Bourdieu seems to suggest that schools can often misrecognize these skills as natural talent/abilities when it’s merely cultivated through capital. This then leads to inequalities in the education system and academic attainments.

Growing up is something that everyone goes through. As one grows older they feel differently about growing up. A young kid wants to grow up and going out into the real world, then that same kid grows up a bit and faces the reality of life and doesn’t want to grow old, but instead wants to go back, the last phase is just accepting the fact that this is happening no matter what.

Most of the time, becoming an adult is planned. There are religious ceremonies, the gaining of a driver’s license, and other forms of new responsibility to signify the coming of age. Sometimes though maturity comes at you like a freight train. It comes at you in the blink of an eye and there is no stopping it once it hits you. You are forced to grow up and take on new responsibilities that you thought you wouldn’t have to take on until many years later. It's up to you though to decide what to do from there. You can either try and run away from the problems you have come to face or you can take the train head on and conquer what has been presented to you. I decided to face the train.

Growing up as a child Malcolm Little had many struggles and hardships. As a child Malcolm went through hard times, at the age of 4 the house the family lived in burnt down. Forcing them to have to move. Then two years later, Malcolm’s father, Earl Little died on the trolley tracks. As a young adult, he faced jail time and being abandoned by his parents. At the age of 15, he was sent to foster care along with his siblings. Shortly after he turned 21 he was sent to jail for 8-10 years. The crimes he committed were burglary and armed robbery. Although his childhood was very chaotic, Malcolm’s life soon got turned around after he got married 12 years later. He then got a job, as a minister and he was also a civil rights activist. Along with those

Elizabeth is a 25-year-old cis-gender female who identifies as an Afro-Latinx. Born and raised in the United States, Elizabeth resides in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx. She lives in a three-bedroom apartment with two roommates. Elizabeth works full-time in a foster care agency under the family supports department; she attends NYU and is pursuing her master’s of social work. She will graduate in May 2018. Elizabeth is in therapy and is diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and an adjustment disorder with anxiety.

Growing up: change; coming of age; becoming more mature. All throughout life most people desire to grow up and become more of age so they can explore and do the actions they want, and be on a higher level. At the same time they do not want to take on all of the responsibilities, they just want to be independent. Although, typically, growing up can be a choice that some make and some do not. In the First Part Last by Angela Johnson, Bobby made a mistake which caused him to not have a choice; he had a baby in High School, which resulted in him having to become independent quickly, and come of age.

Coming of age really pursaues Taylor, she was given a new responsibility of taking care of Turtle. She knew what she wanted to do in life and chased it. Even though she was given many obstacles, she handled them maturily and became a great mother along the way. In my eyes, taking on a child in a unsuspected way takes courage and only a grown person handles so well. Lou Anne is Taylor's best friend and roomate. When we first met Lou Anne during this journey she wasn't so sure of herself or what she was worth. Lou Anne allowed people to walk over her and wouldn't speak up for herself. As she beame friends with Taylor and let go of her husband, Angel, she started to do things for herself. She learned she could have her own opinion and had a purpose.

Written in 1956 by subject narration author, John Updike, "A&P", presents the story of a nineteen-year-old boy, Sammy, who over time comes to realize the painful reality of life. Sammy, who despises his insipid job as a checkout boy, works at the local "A&P" mini-mart. Undoubtedly, having worked there for much to long, Sammy, finally says enough is enough, and quits his job. This story 's theme revolves around a teenage boy 's transition from boyhood to early adulthood, and the gradual change in three of his main character traits from: imaginative to practical, conservative to experimenting, and non-assertive, to assertive.

Ms. Goodall has some support from her current boyfriend, Mr. Ruby. Mr Ruby was in Selena life before and afterwards she has given birth Myan Goodall. Selena tends to utilize Mr. Ruby for shelter when she has nowhere to go and Mr. Ruby is very much receptive of allowing Ms. Goodall and her child to reside with him until she is able to get back on her feet. Selena had lived with her boyfriend for the month of April and May. She currently resides with her adoptive parents and the stability in the home is hostile between Selena and her parents. Her adoptive father, Mr. Goodall tried to evict Selena from the home, but lost his case in housing court.

Childhood is usually understood as a set of experiences and behaviours, gained in the early stages of the human existence, considered as the preparation for the adult world. However, the history of childhood is a very complex topic and it has become a very influential area of study in recent years. In 1962, the ‘Centuries of Childhood’ by Philippe Ariés introduced the idea that childhood was a new creation developed in recent centuries and as a concept it was believed to be nonexistent before the seventeenth century. This concept means that there was no awareness of the process of childhood. In several studies of the medieval period, Ariés noticed that childhood was not acknowledged or even attempted to be portrayed during this period. For

Even though childhood has change for the better there is an argument stating that childhood is disappearing “at a dazzling speed” (Postman, 1996) says that there is a closing gap between childhood and adulthood. Neil Postman (1996) claims this in his book “The Disappearance of Childhood”. Postman theory was purely based on the way that communications through technology were made which shapes society today. He thinks that due to the technology such as television and the Internet children nowadays are much likely to have more access to the ‘adult world’, thus childhood to be disappearing (Postman, 1982). He claims its “Frankenstein Syndrome” consequence of the mass media is mainly the responsible for the usage of television, and the social media.

The Secret of Childhood by Maria Montessori Maria Montessori passionately reveals to us the inner workings of children as they develop into their full potential in an effort to assist adults in understanding and supporting this process. The ideas and methods shared have become the foundation for the Montessori model of education. In the introduction, Maria Montessori asserts “there is no real place for children” in today’s modern society where parents are working, cities are crowded and deemed dangerous, and the home is often filled with furnishings off limits to children. We are asked to consider where children feel they belong and are understood. Though Maria believed that great progress was underway when writing this book, with an