Reclaiming childhood : freedom and play in an age of fear / Helene Guldberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guldberg, Helene.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child rearing.

Child development.

Physical Description:

ix, 205 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2009.

Contents:

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

A childish panic about the next generation

Cocooning children

Childhood in historical perspective

Freedom and child development

Growing up: why risk-taking is good for kids

Play: what is it good for?

The bullying bandwagon

Virtual lives? Media, brands and the myspace generation

Taking real responsibility: the role of adult society

Let parents be parents: the myth of infant determinism

Let teachers be teachers: not social workers and "happiness counsellors"

Let strangers be friends: how the "stranger danger" panic is creating a hostile adult world

Conclusion

Bibliography.

Notes:

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0415477220

9780415477222

0415477239

9780415477239

OCLC:

229019558