SOWK 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Health Canada, Social Capital, Neonaticide
29 Mar 2018
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Children and youth are seen as empowering adults (needed to make decisions on health, education and welfare): 1850-1900: economy = farming. The canadian child was seen as a valuable commodity. Families were large, infant mortality rates were high and every hand in the family was needed for survival. They milked the cows, worked the farms by age 10 etc: weaker children were disposable. England there was little use for children, particularly the poor ones, so they were shipped to canada. 80,000 home children were sent to work here, and many were abused. This gravestone in ottawa marks the remains of some of these children. (multiple choice question: 1900-1950: economy = industry. The child was positioned as vulnerable and needing moral correction, training and education. Bonding or attachment with the mother was the basis for the child"s health and wellness: men came home from war, women were sent back home, daycares were closed.
