Changing childhoods · CDP

Which change in childhood is associated with the decline of child labour and industrial reforms?

  1. Children came to work far more in factories and mills
  2. Childhood became more protected, separate from adult work
  3. Children began forming their own fully independent households
  4. The recognised legal age of adulthood was formally lowered
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Correct answer: Childhood became more protected, separate from adult work

Industrial reforms and the decline of child labour led to the separation of children from adult economic work — childhood became viewed as a period of protection, education and dependency.

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