Parent and childhood socialization

How has parenting changed over the years?
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How has parenting changed over the years?
Advice such as not letting children touch banana's or rubbing rum on their gums when teething, may no longer be applicable/has changed.
Some advice parents have gotten is to not follow advice.
In history, parents did not 'parent'. They 'reared' their children, or raising them was given to members of staff, grandparents or other children.
How has the change of parents advice changed or influenced the responsibilities of parents over the years?
Example: In Europe, children used to get sent to wet-nurses. Some wet-nurses weren't adults. They were teenage girls who were pretending. The children were fed a mixture of flour and water (which never ended well)
- Children used to be swaddled. (It kept them from playing and exploring, if there was trouble, they were unable to escape. Etc.)
What dose the history of child abandonment reflect?
this used to be extremely common. It was a form of family planning. (If you have more children than you could support, then a baby would be abandoned for another family to claim)
what was once said about fruit? and why did parents consider this to be true?
Until vitamins were discovered fruit was considered dangerous
- It was a seasonal item, and kids would eat too much and get sick, which didn't help the thoughts surrounding fruit.

parents believed this because the imformation was coming from someone of authority.
What is Sex?
biological distinction based on roles in the process of biological reproduction
What is Gender?
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How do we learn gender norms?
we learn this thourgh - Gender socialization - throughout our life we engage in different interactions where we identify and acquire a gendered self identity and learn the rules, roles and social relationships of the social world
What are some examples of agents of socializations which can influence a child's influence of gender?
- Mass media: newspapers, television, radio, etc.
- Toys: we learn gender through toys.
Example: Girl toys such as easy-bake ovens, Barbie dolls, princess dolls, etc. (Girls need to be attractive, they need to be nurturing.) Boy toys such as action figures, Legos, organized sports, etc. (Boys are competitive, engage in construction, they like to explore.)
what is an example of Gender segregation?
toys in aisles for girls and boys. The girls' aisle is filled with pink and pastel colours. Probably have ovens, and tiaras, etc. But in the boys' aisle there are Lego's and active toys such as footballs.
What do Gendered toy ads for boys illustrate?
-Boys have power, are active and get to destroy things.
-Values restrict the acceptable options on what boys and express emotionally.
-Boys are taught to fight, be aggressive, etc.
-Ads encourage boys to build their worlds and be creative and imaginative.
what do gendered toy ads for girls illustrate?-Girls get to play with glitter, bake cakes, and focus on child-rearing. -Restricts their imagination of what women are cable of and promote appearance over intelligence. -Generally ads lack the creative act of play.How does the media play such a highly critical role in children's lives?-Youth may not realize that these ads are teaching them what is acceptable gendered behaviour. -Some adults may not realize that the ads are doing thiswhat did the ted talk video on masculinity show?What did researchers studies for Dove advertisements find?91% of men felt it was more important to have emotional strength and physical strength of wealth (this has changed from what it used to be when men were encouraged to be physically strong)