In this fast growing modern and technological world children are growing at an alarming speed. Children of today are doing things that were unthinkable in the past and a debate is growing fiercer whether this is good or bad for them. Childhood is no longer a carefree phase, where children only played, ate, laughed and cried. Pre-teens have become adapters of new technology like pagers and cell phones and they now becoming what has been called “Techno-Kids”. This change is blamed on the “Unholy Trinity” of sex, profanity and violence. The child is stepping into the pre-teens, the pr-teens are stepping into the teens and the teens into adulthood. Pre-teens are buying body paints and scents like, “Vanilla Vibe and Follow me boy.” Pre-teens are also more sexually active. There have also been a rise in the violence and crime in the pre-teen group increasing fears about the pace of their growing up.
The pre-teens and the teenagers are alleged to be the vanguard of a new decultered generation. They are isolated from family and the niebourhood, shrugged at by parents, dominated by peers. Then they are delivered into the hands of a sexualised and status-fad-crazed market place?
Or is this merely an extreme exaggeration?
If this is true are the parents and society to blame?
The IPPR, however suggests that school days should be prolonged to develop arts, sports, cadets and martial arts, and advertising aimed at primary school children should be banned.
Others, who consider this fast growth necessary for children in a cut throat competitive world, say that surveys show that children are a lot happier than ever before. They are more intelligent, aware of life and the world at an early age and aim to reach goals, at this young age, which was unheard of before. As for fast growth… this has been the complaint of every parent from times memorable. They think that parents who complain have watched too many episodes of serials like, “Grumpy Old men.”
Link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7276939.stm
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