Abstract

SARMENTO, Manuel Jacinto. Childhood and city: restrictions and possibilities. Educação. Porto Alegre [online]. 2018, vol.41, n.2, pp.232-240.  Epub July 04, 2019. ISSN 1981-2582.  https://doi.org/10.15448/1981-2582.2018.2.31317.

Most children in the world live in cities. The urban population has continued to increase, and with it, the number of children living in cities, increasingly marked by overpopulation, traffic congestion, indicators of pollution, unhealthiness and risk. However, it is not only these factors that influence the lives of the children in the city. As the sociological investigation of childhood has pointed out, the life of children expresses the complexity of contemporary social realities, which may be associated with both the restrictive factors of childhood citizenship and factors of possibility. Based on the characterization of these restriction and possibility factors, this text seeks to inform public policies that promote the well-being of children and the affirmation of their rights in an urban context.

Keywords : Childhood; Citizenship; Rights of the child; Sociology of Childhood.

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