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Question: Assess the role that friendship plays in children’s worlds.
Answer: Since the 1980’s the study of childhood has become a serious subject of study. The New Sociology of Childhood states that children are affected by and also affect their society or culture during their childhoods. Put simply this means that a child’s every day routines and encounters alongside their daily interactions with peers, family and other adults, have a significant effect on their lives and how they develop into adulthood (Audio 5, Band 2). Children’s friendships are likely to occupy a large proportion of their day so therefore they contribute a considerable part in their development of social skills, personal development and life experiences....(short extract)
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- Subject: Education
- Course: Early Childhood Studies
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 75%
- Words: 1863
- Date submitted: June 04, 2010
- Date written: January, 2010
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 3313
