Children These Days Analysis
A. Madge, N. (2006) Children These Days. 1st edn. Bristol: Policy Press
B. Nicola Madge (2006) discusses how children grow up in contemporary England these days. The book is based from a questionnaire that was carried out in England surveying 2000 children and young people and 500 adults Madge (2006). The key issue in this book is how children find growing up in England and if they have any pressure, control and how society perceives them. The survey was comprised of numerous questions with some adaptation for the younger primary school children to understand. There were also questions for adults in the survey asking them how they see children and if they think children were accepted in England and how children see and treat adults. The survey …show more content…
The book highlights how children feel about growing up in England and if they feel welcome by adults. The book also has a number of questions answered by adults which gives the reader an insight into both points of view. The questions in this book are clearly backed up with statistics from the survey. For example the school children being surveyed were asked ‘do children and young people have a lot to worry about’ (Madge, 2006, p.30) with a statistical bar chart showing the answers given by the school children (Madge, 2006,p.31). The book then goes on to ask both young people and adults their views on who influences children and young people. Adults said that peers influence young people the most while young people thought family and friends influence them (Madge 2006) The survey was given to 12 schools in England and while the children were filling out the survey it was supervised by the class teacher. Many of the questions in this book are how children see adults. Therefore the reader may get a suggestion that the answers may be biased as the class teacher was in the room. (Madge 2006) This book takes into account both young people’s views on society and the adult’s views. This book allows the read to understand the importance of equality and respecting the views on other people as both the children’s and the adults views are portrayed in this
B. Nicola Madge (2006) discusses how children grow up in contemporary England these days. The book is based from a questionnaire that was carried out in England surveying 2000 children and young people and 500 adults Madge (2006). The key issue in this book is how children find growing up in England and if they have any pressure, control and how society perceives them. The survey was comprised of numerous questions with some adaptation for the younger primary school children to understand. There were also questions for adults in the survey asking them how they see children and if they think children were accepted in England and how children see and treat adults. The survey …show more content…
The book highlights how children feel about growing up in England and if they feel welcome by adults. The book also has a number of questions answered by adults which gives the reader an insight into both points of view. The questions in this book are clearly backed up with statistics from the survey. For example the school children being surveyed were asked ‘do children and young people have a lot to worry about’ (Madge, 2006, p.30) with a statistical bar chart showing the answers given by the school children (Madge, 2006,p.31). The book then goes on to ask both young people and adults their views on who influences children and young people. Adults said that peers influence young people the most while young people thought family and friends influence them (Madge 2006) The survey was given to 12 schools in England and while the children were filling out the survey it was supervised by the class teacher. Many of the questions in this book are how children see adults. Therefore the reader may get a suggestion that the answers may be biased as the class teacher was in the room. (Madge 2006) This book takes into account both young people’s views on society and the adult’s views. This book allows the read to understand the importance of equality and respecting the views on other people as both the children’s and the adults views are portrayed in this