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Advertisers focus on children to sell more products, but parents are also part of the equation as it is often their money that is being spent. Buckingham gives a variety of reasons why parents buy things for their children. “…parents are often complicit in children’s consumption rather than being merely external regulators. Parents buy things for…Continue Reading Parental Purchases: How Parents Encourage Childhood Consumerism

The Golden Age of American Childhood The 1950s “stands out as the golden age of American childhood. It serves as the yardstick against which all subsequent changes in childhood are measured.” (Mintz, 276) However, the “1950s was a period of outward optimism but inward anxiety and fear.” (Mintz, 293) A variety of circumstances caused this…Continue Reading Gallery 105E Side Exhibition

Portrayals of Childhood in Children’s Books Childhood in America has changed over time. Historical circumstances, such as war, the Industrial Revolution, economic opportunities or challenges, educational opportunities, etc., influenced what childhood looked like in different eras. In Huck’s Raft, Mintz states that “…childhood is inevitably shaped and constrained by society, time, and circumstances.” (Mintz,5) For…Continue Reading Gallery 104E Side Exhibition

Group E has to create the Side Exhibition by the end of Lesson 4. The Knowing Child and Children’s Media Anne Higonnet in “Knowing Childhood” states, “The world children look out toward is more divided and more diverse than the sheltered world of Romanitc childhood.” (Higonnet 212) The Romantic child is thought to be innocent….Continue Reading Gallery 103E Side Exhibition