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  1. End of Childhood, The? (2016)

    Subject
    Sociology

    This short film uses a simple, contemporary case study - fashion and the possible sexualisation of girls - to examine and explore three related questions: What is childhood? What does it do for children? Is...

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  2. Childhood and New Technology (2016)

    Subject
    Information technology; Sociology

    The relationship between technological change and social behaviour is a significant one for sociologists and this film explores some of the ways new communication technologies, such as mobile phones and...

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  3. Monsters in the Closet: Childhood Fears and Anxieties (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 17 min., 2001 sale: £32.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Parents and experts discuss the types of fears that affect children during different developmental stages and reinforce the view that childhood fears help adults understand how their children are maturing....

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  4. Disappearing Childhood (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Eleanor Morris
    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Neil Postman argues that childhood is disappearing as a result of watching television. Shows that children are not passive receivers of their culture but active agents in their own socialisation and...

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  5. Invention of Childhood, The (2005)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 450 minutes), £19.99

    Michael Morpurgo presents a history of British childhood from the year 1000 to the present, using a wide range of primary sources. He examines how the idea of childhood has been constantly reinvented down...

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  6. Dylan Thomas - BBC Radio Interviews (2003)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/ Online

    Extracts from a radio talk by the Welsh poet, short-story writer and playwright Dylan Thomas. Broadcast in the WNB series REMINISCENCES OF CHILDHOOD on 6/5/1953, Dylan Thomas talks about first childhood...

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  7. Creation of Childhood, The (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Eleanor Morris
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks at Neil Postman’s controversial theory that childhood was created by the printing press. Discusses what a child’s life was like in the medieval period prior to the invention of the printing press...

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  8. Nourishing Language Development in Early Childhood (1996 Video)

    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL). col. 31 min., 1999 sale: $US250.00 (+p&p)

    Dr Alice Sterling Honig describes the development of spoken language in infancy and early childhood and discusses strategies caregivers should use to nourish language development during the early stages of...

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  9. Inguinal Hernia in Childhood (1978 Film, Video)

    Director
    John Webster
    Producer
    John Webster
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Outlines the development of the testes before birth showing the fault which leads to inguinal hernia - the persistence of processus vaginalis. The examination for hernia in childhood is clinically...

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  10. David: A Personal Experience of Family Violence (1982 Video)

    Director
    Pam Chance
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 16 min.

    An interview with David Brandon of MIND, about how he overcame the effects of his own violent childhood. The interview covers three main areas: childhood experience, the negative effects of violence on...

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