THE INFLUENCE OF GENDER MEDIA AND

FAMILY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

DEVELOPMENT

Kirsty Mae V. Suana

OBJECTIVES:To know the significant roles of

Media, Gender and Family in Early Childhood Development.

To know how each role of the agents contribute to the development of Children and how these affect the future of the child as he/she gets older.

(SEX –ROLE TYPING)GENDER

SEX-ROLE STEREOTYPES

TRADITIONAL SEX-ROLE STEREOTYPE

EGALITARIAN SEX-ROLE STEREOTYPE

THE PREDICTABLE PATTERN:

12I’m a BOY!

THE PREDICTABLE PATTERN:

GIRL

BOY

34GIRLS=

BROOMS

Boys= husks and fetching of

water

5

WHO AMONG THE TWO ( BOYS AND GIRLS) ARE BETTER TYPED ?

BOYS

AGENTS:HOMEPARENTSTHE MASS MEDIASCHOOL, PLAYMATES, CONTACTS OUTSIDE HOME

THE DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS

1

TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE APPROPRIATE

SEX ROLE

2.

ACCEPTING THAT THEY MUST ADOPT AND CONFORM TO

THE APPROVED SEX-ROLE STEREOTYPE

FAMILYParent-Child and Sibling Relationship

FACTS:#1 Parent-child

relationship influences the kind of social and personal adjustments young children will make.

#2 Children brought up

in democratic homes generally make better

adjustments tooutside than those from permissive or

authoritarian homes.

#3Ordinal position of

the child also influence the type of adjustments the

child will make

#4Children from Broken homes

Some trauma can be eased by replacing parents with foster parents/stepparent.

CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO CHANGED PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP

CHANGES IN THE CHILDCHANGES IN PARENTAL ATTITUDES

PARENTAL CONCEPT OF A GOOD CHILD

CHILDISH CONCEPT OF A GOOD PARENT

PARENTAL PREFERENCES

PREFERENCE FOR OUTSIDERS

MASS MEDIA

MASS MEDIA

FACTS:

Mass media presents a very

different form of socialization than any

other .

The mass media make children have unique

responsiveness to educational programming

that has been linked to both immediate and long range

educational benefits

Developmental science suggests that children may be the most vulnerable between birth and

school age to certain negative physical effects of media

THANK YOU!