The Disappearance of Childhood, Page 67Argues that the intrusion of television into every home introduces children too early to adult concepts and activities and subverts their ability to think abstractly, and the very concept of childhood is being destroyed. |
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WHEN THERE WERE NO CHILDREN | 3 |
THE PRINTING PRESS AND | 20 |
THE INCUNABULA OF CHILDHOOD | 37 |
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