How does ‘Watch with Mother’ construct childhood and parenting?

Children’s television

Read: ‘Watching with mother in the early 1950s’ (This will be provided for you).

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Question: How does ‘Watch with Mother’ construct childhood and parenting? Do you think this has changed in contemporary pre-school programming?

Analysis: Compare Watch With Mother to a contemporary pre-school program. Bring contemporary example(s) to your tuturials (hint: make sure you know how a Preschool program is classified by ACMA)(Please provide some exmples for me). How do programs from different eras compare in terms of the way they construct childhood, parenting and the role/purpose of children’s television? Why do you think the changes have come about?