Heywood Introduction

Colin Heywood is the author of the textbook that we are using for this class. it is called A History of Childhood.
1) Overview of the book - compairing then to now
      - Western context Europe & the states
      - Things have gotten easier& more Difficult over time
      - No more work, better health, acknowledged that childhood does exist
      - Have more to do, sport, school, after school programs
2) Childhood as a social construct
      - Childhood did not exist back in the day is the point of view he takes in the book
      - Childhood emerges as an object of inquiry, when it did not before
3) Children in their social context
      - Relations with siblings, friends, families
               - Intamite social relations
4) Work, Health & Education
       - Look at childhood so it occurs in the premodern world ( pre 20th century)