Download or read book Global Changes in Children's Lives written by Uwe P. Gielen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Element compares the nature of childhood in four representative societies differing in their subsistence activities: bands of Australian hunter-gatherers, Tibetan nomadic pastoralists, peasants and farmers residing in Maya villages and towns, and South Korean students growing up in a digital information society. In addition, the Element traces a variety of intertwined global changes that have led to sharply reduced child mortality rates, shrinking family sizes, contested gender roles, increased marriage ages, long-term enrollment of children (especially girls in educational institutions), and the formation of 'glocal' identities.