Modern childhood in the Nordic countries: 'Dual socialisation' and its implications.

Autor/in	Dencik, Lars
Titel	Modern childhood in the Nordic countries: 'Dual socialisation' and its implications.
Quelle	Aus: Growing up in Europe - contemporary horizons in childhood and youth studies. Berlin: deGruyter (1995) S. 105-119Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben; Tabellen 1; Abbildungen 2
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
Schlagwörter	Erziehung; Sozialisation; Kindesalter; Familienleben; Eltern; Familienerziehung; Kindergartenbesuch; Sozialer Wandel; Modernisierung; Dänemark; Schweden; Skandinavien
Abstract	This chapter explores some impacts of societal modernisation on child-rearing and on the child's development. Here, the spotlight is turned on one significant aspect of what 'modern childhood' conditions mean, namely, the fact that many young children's daily lives are divided between two fundamentally different social settings: the family and the day-care institution. They are thus subject to dual socialisation conditions and processes. Under such circumstances, the analysis of social dynamics demands taking into account changes over time both in units of social organisation and in the social arenas in which subjects act and between which they 'commute'. These changes are, in turn, to be understood at the more macro-level of framing economic and social conditions. Here, the Nordic welfare state model is of special significance, in that the societies involved have experienced strong tendencies towards institutional ' Vergesellschaftung'. These states are characterised by a large public sector, a strong state-managed social security system, and a comparatively high degree of equality between social groups. Among the features that have significantly changed the development conditions of children, particularly in Sweden and Denmark, can be included the following: 1) not only fathers but also mothers of small children are in paid work, 2) children spent part of their everyday life in public day-care institutions as part of a group of children around the same age, 3) contemporary childrearing norms emphasise that children are individuals in their own right, 4) 'alternative' family patterns and new models of parenting have become socially acceptable. (DIPF/ orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2001_(CD)