How Is Childhood Today a Different Experience from Childhood a Few

question 7

Multiple Choice

How is childhood today a different experience from childhood a few hundred years ago?

• A) Children today work in urban centers, whereas earlier children worked only on farms.
• B) Children today are seen as miniature adults, whereas earlier children were portrayed as completely without adult characteristics.
• C) Children today are psychologically diverse, whereas earlier children all had nearly identical emotional and mental traits.
• D) Children today are seen as being in a unique stage, whereas in earlier times, childhood blended with other stages.
• E) Children today learn more from their family than from their age peers.

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