Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence in an Urban Context

I thought Kilbourne’s speech was very well thought out and supported by substantial evidence. At first I thought her claims were outrageous and speculative. For instance, she kept saying that women were portrayed as passive and in the background. I thought she was selecting advertisements that supported her claim and it took me a few […]

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In the modern day world I believe that we are seeing childhood in limbo.  Now what I mean by “in limbo” is that the line between childhood and becoming an adult is slowly blurring.  While there is still evidence that childhood does indeed exist separately from adulthood, we ourselves are blurring the line by taking […]

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I don’t believe childhood is completely nonexistent but I definitely feel that it has evolved and throughout the years growing into something completely different. When our parents were in their childhood the hardest decision they probably had to make is what to eat for lunch, typically today kids are becoming pressured into more things at […]

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Throughout my life I myself have noticed drastic changes in childhood.  I have witnessed these changes first hand since I have four younger siblings ages 9, 13, 16, and 18.  I’ve watched them develop and have seen that there is quite the amount of differences from when I was their age.  I’ve noticed that a […]

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I believe that childhood still exists today. However, I think that it is definitely not as long as it was when I was growing up. Childhood for me was playing outside or playing with my barbies and not worry about anything. I used the computer to play games, not worry about facebook or emails. However, […]

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Childhood in the current generation is dwindling every year. Children are eager to grow up faster each year thanks to modern technology and the media’s exposure of sex, violence, and profanity in television. They are not, however, entirely to blame for this new movement. If you look 0n television now, it is much easier to […]

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Childhood has evolved and changed over the generations. With advances in technology and communication, children today are developing faster than ever before. Although exposure to modern games, music, and the media has changed the lives of children, childhood is still present in today’s society. During the past decade, many children have shifted from playing with […]

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The status of today’s childhood is without a doubt different than that of the past. Now-a-days our youth don’t act very young anymore. They are more involved with activities of an older age group. In other words, childhood is a generation ahead of what it use to be. This doesn’t come to much of a […]

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The question of whether or not childhood exists today is a question that can be answered differently depending on which culture and society you are coming from. But in our scenario,  in the United States, I do believe that childhood exists. However I also do feel as if childhood is slowly disappearing as well. I […]

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Throughout the years childhood has changed drastically. It seems to be disappearing at a younger age and then trying to reappear as people get older and realized what they have lost. Children don’t seem to value their youth and want to group up as quickly as possible. Unfortunately when they reach adulthood they realized what […]

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