Future of childhod

• What does Neil Postman suggest about the future of childhood?

  That it is disappearing
• Why is childhood disappearing?

  Due to children growing up very quickly and experiences things only available to adults in the past. This is due to a shift form print and literacy culture to visual culture. Lack of literacy is no longer a barrier to the adult world - children can access it though watching TV
• What does Neil Postman suggest about our definitions of childhood and adulthood?

  That they need to be changed
• What does Nick Le suggest about the future of childhood?

  He argues that childhood has become an ambiguous area, but argues that parents have financial control and children can only spend as much as their parents allow. So the paradox of childhood is one of dependence and independence at the same time
• What does Opie argue about the future of childhood?

  He argues that childhood culture still exists independently of adult influence