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Essay / How Childhood Changed Culture Essay - 1719
In the past, there were certain things that children did not see or hear, and now, these same "secrets" are shown in movies for children and considered “humor for adults” (Facteur, 1994). Television is something easily accessible to any child. I can agree with Postman when he said that the transformation of childhood occurred when literacy disappeared, education disappeared, shame disappeared, and essentially childhood disappeared . Although he predicted all of this in the 90s, I see it happening every day. The culture of our current generation of children has completely changed since my childhood and young people are more technology savvy than previous generations (Postman, 1994). Today, children do not learn the way I learned, but teachers teach to a test. Childhood is removed from the educational framework because of these tests and expectations. Children have less recess and imaginative play, sit longer, have larger classes, and schools are more technology-based. Children are transformed into miniature adults as they were in the past, and the “cradle period” is no longer valued as it was (Postman, 1994). Diagnostic