Modern children and their well-being: Dismantling an ideal.

Autor/in	Betz, Tanja
Titel	Modern children and their well-being: Dismantling an ideal.
Quelle	Aus: Andresen, Sabine (Hrsg.); Diehm, Isabell (Hrsg.); Sander, Uwe (Hrsg.); Ziegler, Holger (Hrsg.): Children and the good life: new challenges for research on children. Dordrecht u.a.: Springer (2010) S. 13-28 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Children's well-being: indicators and research. 4
Zusatzinformation	Forschungsdaten, Studiendetails und Erhebungsinstrumente
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISBN	978-90-481-9218-2
DOI	10.1007/978-90-481-9219-9_2
Schlagwörter	Survey; Empirische Sozialforschung; Soziale Situation; Kindeswohl; Kindheitsforschung; Deutschland; Empirische Sozialforschung; Kindeswohl; Soziale Situation; Ideal; Ungleichheit; Kindheitsforschung; Ungleichheit; Ideal; Deutschland
Abstract	The everyday life of children is organized, scheduled and mediatized, the relationships between children and adults are comparable to equal negotiation partners, the well-being of children is mostly high. These indicators are used as synonyms for a modern childhood pattern; the modern child is part of a child group that is relatively homogenous but in no way characterized by social class. In analyzing Germany-wide children's surveys from a theoretical perspective of inequality, there is hardly any empirical evidence for these prevalent perceptions. The findings give hints on unequal childhoods. The chapter discusses conceptual and methodical reasons that favour the spread of homogenizing notions about modern children and their well-being. A number of criteria are necessary to further develop the monitoring of children's lives and their well-being. First, the construct "well-being" has to be reinterpreted from the perspective of inequality theory, second a continuous verification of the modernization diagnoses and a reflection on the implications and side effects of the prevalent perceptions are necessary. (Verlag).
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Update	2012/1