Reclaiming Childhood

Freedom and Play in an Age of Fear

By Helene Guldberg

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: The good, the bad, and the history: a balance sheet of modern childhood

1. A childish panic about the next generation

2. Cocooning children

3. Childhood in historical perspective

Part II: Freedom and child development

4. Growing up: why risk-taking is good for kids

5. Play: what is it good for?

6. The bullying bandwagon

7. Virtual lives? Media, brands and the MySpace generation

Part III: Taking real responsibility: the role of adult society

8. Let parents be parents: the myth of infant determinism

9. Let teachers be teachers: not social workers and ‘happiness counsellors’

10. Let strangers be friends: how the ‘stranger danger’ panic is creating a hostile adult world

Afterword

Bibliography

Index

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