Thursday, 28 November 2013

Birth rate in the twentieth century

Don't know if this will help you guys but i just found this article on births in the twentieth century.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16853368

Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Are we returning to a Victorian ('adult') childhood? BBC news article.

The following article was on the BBC news this week, about sexual behaviour and assault amongst children and links to some of Postman's ideas.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25090896

Monday, 18 November 2013

Russell Brand and Jeremy Paxman

Now, ever since I watched this when it aired on T.V, I haven't stopped discussing it with my parents, so I thought getting some ideas from you lot would be really interesting.
So if you scroll down to the bottom of the article, it is the actual clip if you haven't seen it already.
I think this links with Marxism and I just wanted to know your reactions to this:
Do you agree? Why?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2507888/Jeremy-Paxman-Russell-Brand-right-40-alienated-politicians-vote.html

Thursday, 14 November 2013

The future of childhood

Is the concept of childhood becoming less and less visible or is there still a very clear divide between childhood and adulthood?