Posted in Construction of Childhood and Adolescence on Feb 11th, 2011 1 Comment »
Childhood has taken a dramatic turn in today’s society. Today’s children seem to transform into adults so fast that they seem to barely be walking before they are acting out what they are seeing and hearing in this world. The parents of today seem to have lost control of their children and don’t seem to […]
Posted in Construction of Childhood and Adolescence on Feb 11th, 2011 3 Comments »
I feel that the prevailing attitude toward childhood today, especially on the part of teachers and parents, is one of ambivalence. There is a strange dichotomy whereby we allow children access to some very mature concepts and objects (in terms of dress, music, language, sexuality, etc) and at the same time lower our expectations of […]
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