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Rousseau's Imaginary Friend: Childhood, Play, and Suspicion of the Imagination in "Emile"
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Shuffelton, Amy B. – Educational Theory, 2012
In this essay Amy Shuffelton considers Jean-Jacques Rousseau's suspicion of imagination, which is, paradoxically, offered in the context of an imaginative construction of a child's upbringing. First, Shuffelton articulates Rousseau's reasons for opposing children's development of imagination and their engagement in the sort of imaginative play…
Descriptors: Imagination, Social Science Research, Play, Children
Children as Consumers: The Subtle (and not-so-subtle) Marketing of Sex.
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Goodman, Ellen – Childhood Education, 1981
Expresses concern and outrage at the marketing techniques which use sexuality in movies, television, and commercials aimed at children. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Advertising, Children, Consumer Economics, Marketing
Children as Consumers.
Stipp, Horst H. – American Demographics, 1988
The nation's children have $4.7 billion of their own money to spend and that does not count what their parents buy for them, which is a lot. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Responsibility, Children, Consumer Economics, Family Financial Resources
Three Female Roles in Television Commercials.
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Mamay, Patricia D.; Simpson, Richard L. – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1981
An evaluation of female roles as portrayed by TV commercials (1977) suggests a decline in the role of mother as moral socializer, a rise in self-indulgent consumer behavior in children and exaggerated generational and sex-role differentiation. (JCD)
Descriptors: Children, Consumer Economics, Females, Imagery
The Language of Economic and Industrial Awareness for Young Children.
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Parke, Tim – Early Child Development and Care, 1993
Attempts to establish a parallel between Economic and Industrial Understanding (EIU) and language; and to discover how to teach children EIU while taking into consideration their stage of language development. A small pilot study examined the role of language in the formation of economic awareness and attitudes of 11 primary school children. (MDM)
Descriptors: Business Education, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Consumer Economics
Television Advertising and Children: Issues, Research and Findings.
Esserman, June F., Ed. – 1981
This volume consists of 10 papers dealing with issues, research and research findings regarding the effects of television advertising on children. The first paper critically examines recent research literature which bears on policy questions related to the effects of television advertising on children. Findings from a study designed to examine…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Children, Comprehension, Consumer Economics