Correct Answer - Option 4 : Childhood is experienced differently by children in different social and cultural contexts.
The period of childhood is from two to twelve years of age. Development at this stage is not as rapid as during infancy. During this period the child refines the skills she has acquired during infancy and learns new skills as well. This is the period when coordination of the parts of the body improves.
The characteristics of childhood are-
- During this period a child becomes more independent though adult guidance is constantly needed.
- The period of childhood is divided into two stages: the period of early childhood (2-6 years) and middle childhood (6-12 years).
- At this stage, the child comes in contact with other children and adults she finds out how to behave in a manner that is acceptable to them.
- A child learns the ways of eating, dressing, talking to elders, and other things that are a part of her culture.
- The social and cultural contexts in which children grow up exert influences in making sense of the social world of the child.
- Childhood is experienced differently by children within a context such as a family, orphanage, school, peer groups, cities, neighborhoods, and so on.
- There are variations in childhood when we compare two different individuals who grow up in different parts of the world with different cultural traditions.
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For example, the behavior of a child reared in a dysfunctional family is different from that of a child grown up in a normal family.
Thus from the above-mentioned points, it Is clear that childhood is experienced differently by children in different social and cultural contexts.
