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Helene Guldberg - Reclaiming Childhood: Freedom and Play in an Age of Fear - 9780415477239 - V9780415477239
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Reclaiming Childhood: Freedom and Play in an Age of Fear

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Description for Reclaiming Childhood: Freedom and Play in an Age of Fear Paperback. Exposes the consequences on child development of both our low expectations of fellow human beings and our safety-obsessed culture. This book argues that we need to identify what the real problems are - and how much they matter. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.

Children are cooped up, passive, apathetic and corrupted by commerce… or so we are told.

Reclaiming Childhood confronts the dangerous myths spun about modern childhood. Yes, children today are losing out on many experiences past generations took for granted, but their lives have improved in so many other ways. This book exposes the stark consequences on child development of both our low expectations of fellow human beings and our safety-obsessed culture. Rather than pointing the finger at soft ‘junk’ targets and labelling children as fragile and easily damaged, Helene Guldberg argues that we need to identify what the real problems are ... Read more

We need to allow children to grow and flourish, to balance sensible guidance with youthful independence. That means letting children play, experiment and mess around without adults hovering over them. It means giving children the opportunity to develop the resilience that characterises a sane and successful adulthood. Guldberg suggests ways we can work to improve children’s experiences, as well as those of parents, teachers and ‘strangers’ simply by taking a step back from panic and doom-mongering.

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Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
345g
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415477239
SKU
V9780415477239
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About Helene Guldberg
Helene Guldberg is co-founder and Director of spiked, the first custombuilt online current affairs publication in the UK. She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in developmental psychology with the Open University and the US study abroad centres CAPA and IES.

Reviews for Reclaiming Childhood: Freedom and Play in an Age of Fear
"This is a powerful and passionate book that explains why so much of what we say about children is so wrong."
Professor Frank Furedi, author of Paranoid Parenting "Reclaiming Childhood is a lovely blend of developmental theory and up-to-date research, a deep knowledge of children, and good old common sense. This bracing book is a gift to children everywhere."
David Anderegg ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Reclaiming Childhood: Freedom and Play in an Age of Fear


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