Childhood adultification in economically disadvantaged families: A conceptual model

被引:238
作者
Burton, Linda [1 ]
机构
[1] Duke Univ, Durham, NC 27708 USA
关键词
accelerated life course; childhood adultification; ethnography; low-income families; parentification; poverty;
D O I
10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00463.x
中图分类号
D669 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
学科分类号
1204 ;
摘要
This article presents an emergent conceptual model of childhood adultification and economic disadvantage derived from 5 longitudinal ethnographies of children and adolescents growing up in low-income families. Childhood adultification involves contextual, social, and developmental processes in which youth are prematurely, and often inappropriately, exposed to adult knowledge and assume extensive adult roles and responsibilities within their family networks. Exemplar cases from the ethnographies are integrated in the discussion to illustrate components of the model. Four successive levels of adultification are described: precocious knowledge, mentored-adultification, peerification/spousification, and parentification. The developmental assets and liabilities children incur also are discussed. Recommendations for school, health care, and social service practitioners working with low-income families and children are provided.
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