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Children's attitudes to parents', teachers' and employers' perceptions of term‐time employment
Author(s) -
Leonard Madeleine
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1002/chi.760
Subject(s) - earnings , perception , affect (linguistics) , variety (cybernetics) , financial independence , psychology , independence (probability theory) , work (physics) , developmental psychology , social psychology , demographic economics , sociology , economics , mechanical engineering , statistics , mathematics , accounting , communication , finance , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , computer science , engineering
This article is concerned with examining working children's perceptions of how adults in a range of different settings view their employment. In particular, the article explores how participation in the labour market influences adult‐child relationships within the home, at school and at work. Children interact with adults across a variety of different spheres. Dependence and independence permeate children's relationships with adults in different social settings. Entry to the labour market and access to earnings promotes responsibility among children and encourages self‐reliance. The purpose of the article is to assess the extent to which these traits affect children's interaction with adults within and across the social spaces of the home, school and place of employment. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.