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Pressures on childhood

Pressures on childhood. Painting by numbers? Mary Hawes Chichester 2009. Painting by numbers. Number 1 – Every Child Matters. Government Agenda 2004 Staying safe Being healthy Enjoy and achieve Economic well-being Making a positive contribution. Number 2 – Toxic Childhood.

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Pressures on childhood

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  1. Pressures on childhood Painting by numbers? Mary Hawes Chichester 2009

  2. Painting by numbers

  3. Number 1 – Every Child Matters Government Agenda 2004 • Staying safe • Being healthy • Enjoy and achieve • Economic well-being • Making a positive contribution

  4. Number 2 – Toxic Childhood • 2006 – letter in The Telegraph • Sue Palmer’s book • Maintain attention • Deferred gratification • Balancing needs

  5. Number 2 – Toxic Childhood We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.  - R. D. Laing

  6. Number 2 – Toxic Childhood Technology driven culture evolving faster than biological heritage Human development happens in ‘slow time’ even if life is happening at ‘electric speed’

  7. Number 2 – Toxic Childhood Toxic Childhood

  8. Number 2 – Toxic Childhood • Negative effects: • Unhealthy food/couch potato life-style/sleep-related problems • Narrowing, test-driven school curriculum • Real-life experiences replaced by TV & computer games • Celebrity culture

  9. Number 2 – Toxic Childhood • Children’s needs: • Physical nurturing • Emotional and social support • Moral guidance

  10. Number 3 – Innocenti Report Card 7 • 2007 report on child well-being • 21 developed nations • 6 dimensions of indicators: • Material • Health & safety • Education • Peer & family relationships • Behaviour & risks • Subjective well-being

  11. Number 3 – Innocenti Report Card 7 UK in the bottom third of all but one dimension, and overall bottom out of the 21 nations

  12. Numbers 4 - 10 Technology

  13. Numbers 4 - 10 Poverty

  14. Numbers 4 - 10 Drugs & alcohol

  15. Numbers 4 - 10 Gang culture

  16. Numbers 4 - 10 Vulnerability

  17. Numbers 4 - 10 Criminalisation

  18. Numbers 4 - 10 The X Factor

  19. A Good Childhood Love Support Fairness Respect Relationships

  20. A Good Childhood Lack of love and care Bullying Peer pressure Lack of respect Relationships

  21. A Good Childhood School Home Money Local area Church Relationships Environment

  22. A Good Childhood Money Home School Local area Church Societal attitudes Relationships Environment

  23. Relationships Environment Self A Good Childhood Health Lifestyle Values and attitudes Learning and growing Perceptions of the future

  24. Relationships Environment Self A Good Childhood Within the family Within friendships In school In the local area In societal attitudes Safety & Freedom

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