History of childhood

Right.. a fresh monday morning now i feel ready to study! I have been trowling through Warwicks web catalogue for our directed time activities.
Here is what i found for our 3 further references relating to an aspect of the history of childhood...

Hanawalt, B. (1995) Growing up in medieval London: the experience of childhood in history. Oxford University press (yay my 1st reference, hope its right!)

Hanawalt in this book reveals the dramatic life of the common people, in this instance, the lives of children in London during the 14th and 15th centuries.
She shows that contrary to what some historians believe, medieval adults did recognise and pay close attention to the various stages of childhood and adolescence. 

Horne, J. (2011) History and the construction of the child in early British children's literature. Farnham, Surrey; Burlington, VT

This book is about understanding the cultural context relevant to children and to literature in a time of change.

DeMause, L. (1991) The history of childhood: the untold story of child abuse. London: Bellew

Now for the google keyword search relating to the history of childhood!

http://www.essortment.com/history-child-psychology-21036.html

http://www.faqs.org/childhood/Ch-Co/Comparative-History-of-Childhood.html

http://www.open2.net/theinventionofchildhood/culturalchildhoods2.html

Hope im on the right track!

The website i have chosen to write a summary about is the history of child psychology, even though this is a very brief overview of child psychology i found it the most interesting!
In medieval times, laws generally did not distinguish between child and adult offenses. Prior to 1600 Aries concluded that European societies did not accord any special status to children. Children were treated as mini adults and didnt have an emotional bond as strong as the children of today would have.
Rousseau stressed that children are inherently good and they should be able to grow with little parental monitoring. Throughout history our perspective of children has dramatically changed. We now see childhood as a unique period of life that lays down foundations for going into the adult years.


Really enjoyed doing that :) now off to get ready for uni induction!