Childhood - The future of childhood

• Children are at top of league tables for self harm ect
• PALMER - Technology has effected childrens development, 'toxic childhood'

OPIE:

• Childhood is not disapperaing
• There is a differentiation between adults and children - books, nursury rhymes, games

• TV blurs distiction and destroys information hirearchy - doesn't take any skills to access it
• Middle ages - children entered adulthood at an early age
• POSTMAN - Childhood is disappearing at dazzeling speed
• 19th centurty - sharp division as adults could read ect and children could not