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... age of nine or ten, girls learn to do most of the tasks carried out by adult women, such as gathering berries and making mats, baskets and clothing (Whiting and Whiting quoted in Topic Two p12) To western countries laws protecting innocent and defenseless children from the dangers the adult world poses make sense. We find it difficult to understand that all societies do not share this same important value. Whereas, Eastern countries may find the concept of compulsory schooling difficult to understand. Even within societies there will be disagreements about what children should be like. Social construction is the way that something is created through individual, social and cultural interpretations, perceptions and actions of people. Because the definition and state of childhood has not stayed the same throughout history and varies from culture to culture, it is not possible that childhood is biological; therefore it must have been ...