Reclaiming Childhood: Freedom and Play in an Age of Fear

摘要: Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: The good, the bad, and history: a balance sheet of modern childhood 1. A childish panic about next generation 2. Cocooning children 3. Childhood in historical perspective II: Freedom child development 4. Growing up: why risk-taking is good for kids 5. Play: what it for? 6. bullying bandwagon 7. Virtual lives? Media, brands MySpace III: Taking real responsibility: role adult society 8. Let parents be parents: myth infant determinism 9. teachers teachers: not social workers 'happiness counsellors' 10. strangers friends: how 'stranger danger' creating hostile world Afterword Bibliography Index