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Growing up too soon; a lost childhood.
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Whatever happened to the times when children were allowed to be children? Today\u2019s children are doing things a lot younger and a lot sooner. In a time when people have longer life spans you’d expect them to want childhood to last longer; but on the contrary, children are learning the facts of life too young.\u00a0We live in a time-oriented and time-regulated society, where the emphasis is on speed, instant results, fast foods and services.\u00a0The media is dominating our professional and personal lives which then has led to influencing child behavior. And it is not just media, but also parents who are looking to advance their children to their highest potential.<\/p>\n

This is a very serious problem and has been shown to have a\u00a0detrimental impact\u00a0on the future of these children.\u00a0There are signs of it everywhere: youngsters at R-rated films, little girls dressed like they are on their way to a nightclub and young boys killing people in violent video games like Halo and Grand Theft Auto.\u00a0We want to make sure children don’t get their childhood stolen from them, but also we don’t want to baby them, so finding a happy medium is the hard part.\u00a0It is my goal to explore this issue, its effects on children and\u00a0possible solutions\u00a0that could be implemented in the future to help children reclaim their childhood.<\/p>\n

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