How many reasons are there?
7
Reason 1
Laws
Reason 1 - explain
More laws protected children from the harm of the adult world
Reason 2
Compulsory schooling
Reason 2 - explain
5-18 compulsory in UK - controls information fed to them from young age
Reason 3
Child protection and welfare legislation
Reason 3 - explain
Safeguarding training
Reason 4
Growth of idea of children's rights
Reason 4 - explain
Children have voice as to which parent has custody during divorce
Reason 5
Declining family size and lower infant mortality rate
Reason 5 - explain
More child-centred society
Reason 6
Child development because subject of medical knowledge
Reason 6 - explain
Very specialised, high paying and highly funded
Reason 7
Industrialisation
Reason 7 - explain
Children no longer forced to work