Is it the Death of Childhood? The Poisoning of Junk Culture
My husband found this article in The Daily Telegraph, a British paper. I found this article fascinating, full of food for thought for us parents. IS junk culture poisoning our children? You tell me what you think.
December 11th, 2007 at 6:53 am
I’ll have to go read it, it sounds intriguing–and I try so hard to keep my kids from being inundated with pop culture. T.V., radio, computer, interent, ipod, cell phones–it’s just too much.
December 11th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
As a grandmother, I have now lived long enough to have experienced and seen the change in the way children play, study and grow up. I am one hundred percent in agreement with this article. All I can say is, “here, here”!
December 11th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
I’m not sure I understand when children were ever “just children” though. If I look back at my great great grandmother who was married at 15 and had her first of her 8 children by 16 - where was her childhood? I read Little House books and see that they were doing chores from the time they could understand instructions. While I agree that modern culture is just a big bowl of self indulgence, I’m not sure I can get on board with the idea that our children are being forced to grow up any sooner than any other generation.
December 13th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
Good food for thought, dawn224. I remember those Little House books too! They did grow up fast in the ways of responsibility, and they definitely had a hard life. I guess I see the loss of childhood going to a different brand of a loss of innocence than in the past. But yeah, even my grandmother got married unbelievably early!