Essays on Childhood

When it comes to society and childhood, there are many different views and perspectives on what exactly childhood is. For example, from Phillipe Aries perspective he believed that children didn’t have a childhood. That from the minute they could walk and talk is when they...

There are some critical moments in life that cause a person to really change and have a different perspective on life. It causes them to understand how significant a thing is that they take for granted, simply because they do not see the importance of...

The theme of childhood is typically presented as one of happiness and youthful freedom. James Joyce takes a different approach, however, as he exposes the vulnerability that naturally comes with childhood but is often not expressed in literature. He does this through his use of...

Growing up is one of the toughest things in life. We all must path that will help us as we grow older. There would be times when we will not make the right decision which we would later regret in our life for a lifetime....

A person’s’ childhood can be the reason for how they end up in life. This was the case for Jeannette Walls. In the memoir, Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, the Walls’ kids are forced to go through an unconventional childhood. They have to deal with...

The neglect of a child is the failure of a parent or caregiver to provide necessary to their dependent under eighteen years of age. Failure to supply the necessary food, clothing, shelter, and most importantly, love and attention to a child can put their physical,...

Although we live in an unpredictable world, where families and relationships break. Kids even have to live away from their mother or father. Well, nobody underestimates the significance of parents for a child’s wellbeing. However, the importance of grandparents is often underestimated in this regard....

Over the past few years, the range of research on human development has expanded from primarily focusing on child development to the inclusion of adult development. This new scope of research has opened up a multitude of questions regarding the physiological, behavioural, and psychological changes...

The impacts and effects that childhood sexual abuse has on survivors in adulthood may be vast and varied to each individual. This essay will, therefore, look at how male childhood sexual abuse affects the adult. Combining the psychological, sociological and physical effects to the roots,...

Introduction This essay is going to be exploring how trauma during childhood can possibly cause mental health problems later in adult life. It is now widely accepted that distressing and traumatic events during childhood can cause mental health issues, and often very serious disorders. Such...

Introduction Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a serious mental disorder which can be diagnosed in a patient with at least two split and distinct personalities within him. The mental disorder has been known as hiddenness disease and its availability frequency is higher than other mental...

Through the turbulent times and fractures of a busy modern world, the only refuge remains the pristine image of one’s own childhood. The childish adventures and fantasies occupy the easiest escape from the matured world. In the contemporary world, the phase of childhood comes to...

Childhood is said to be the most beautiful of the stages of life. But how could this be when children are working in risky conditions just so they can survive? Adulthood cannot recapture the innocence and beauty of childhood. Child labour is an illegal act...

One must be awakened by their experiences in life in order to grow and change into the person they ought to be. As you grow into adulthood, you use childhood experiences and build yourself upon their impact to guide you just as Antonio encounters this...

People in society spend a lot of time observing, whether we are intentionally or unintentionally aware of it. People observe through their environment and day-to-day activities that transpire. Observations can be done through engaging in different actions and environmental settings such as public transportation, restaurants,...

The film ‘The Holy Girl, directed by Lucrecia Martel, has been a topic of discussion regarding the representation of the childhood experience in cinema. It certainly pushes the boundaries of the Latin American cinema perspective and representation of the teenage girl and male adult relationship....

All the stages of life are important as to what makes a person human. Everyone experiences the challenges of growing up and living in the real world. There are good times and hard times. We learn from everything we go through and continue to grow...

When life gets tough at home, how are you supposed to stop that from affecting the rest of your life? If it does affect other aspects of your life, how are you supposed to bounce back and deal with this adversity? After my home life...

Vasanthi Raman in her paper Politics of Childhood, perspectives from South says that CRC is mainly discourse children’s rights from adult’s perspective. Not only that but Eurocentric perspective dominates entire discourse. Objective of her paper is to describe true south Asian/ Indian perspective on childhood....