Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words and expressions below. colonial consumption contact harsh impose intervention knit perspective take exception to 1 It ’ s generally believed that children should remain in close physical _____ with their parents. 2 In some cultures many parents consider physical punishment as too ______ for their children. 3 Today ’ s children tend to be _______, whereas children a hundred years ago were producers. 4 In the past, one of the first skills girls were taught was _______, to make stockings and gloves. 5 In the 17th century, the Spanish _____ in Europe, the Americas and elsewhere made Spain the most powerful country in the world. colonies 6 Most people _______ the idea of children working or marrying before they become adults. 7 It ’ s important not to _______ our own values on the way people from other cultures bring up their children. 8 We should avoid seeing childhood from our own cultural _______, and accept that others bring up their children differently from us. 9 It ’ s difficult for us not to _______when we see others making their children work too hard.