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Parental Mediation, a Key Element in the Construction of a Child’s Understanding in the Use of Pocket Money
[La mediación parental, elemento clave de la construcción por el niño del sentido de la práctica del dinero de bolsillo]

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  • Marcio Dias

    (UCB - Universidade Católica de Brasília=Catholic University of Brasília)

  • Valérie-Inés de la Ville

    (CEREGE [Poitiers, La Rochelle] - Centre de recherche en gestion [EA 1722] - IAE Poitiers - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Poitiers - UP - Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers - UP - Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers - ULR - La Rochelle Université, MSHS de Poitiers - Maison des sciences de l'homme et de la société de Poitiers - UP - Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

Nowadays, children get a significant amount of pocket money, an argument often used by brands to justify why they address them directly. In order to understand how the use of pocket money enables children to become autonomous as consumer, we carried out a six-month ethnographic observation of twelve children aged 10 to 11 years – pupils in the 5th year of primary school and the 1st year of high school – within 12 French families living in Poitiers (France). Moreover, we observed their interactions with more than 50 people from different contexts in their everyday lives. This article examines the relational dynamics between parents and children which shapes both the meaning of pocket money within the family and the normative requirements that frame the level of child participation in specific consuming activities.

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  • Marcio Dias & Valérie-Inés de la Ville, 2015. "Parental Mediation, a Key Element in the Construction of a Child’s Understanding in the Use of Pocket Money [La mediación parental, elemento clave de la construcción por el niño del sentido de la p," Post-Print hal-01627594, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01627594
    DOI: 10.3917/rief.037.0063
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