Reclaiming childhood
Subtitle: freedom and play in an age of fear
By: Helene Guldberg.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: Child rearing; Child development
Description: "Reclaiming Childhood confronts the dangerous myths spun today about childhood."-back cover.
Notes: "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The good, the bad, and the history: a balance-sheet of modern childhood; title: A childish panic about the next generation; title: Cocooning children; title: Childhood in historical perspective; title: Freedom and child development; title: Growing up: why risk-taking is good for kids; title: Play: what is it good for?; title: The bullying bandwagon; title: Virtual lives? Media, brands and the myspace generation; title: Taking real responsibility: the role of adult society; title: Let parents be parents: the myth of infant determinism; title: Let teachers be teachers: not social workers and "happiness counsellors"; title: Let strangers be friends: how the "stranger danger" panic is creating a hostile adult world; title: Conclusion; title: Bibliography.