The Causes of Childhood Disappearance and the Reformatory Role of Child Protection Laws
Is Childhood Disappearing? There is a debatable argument that childhood is shifting from how it used to be long ago. Childhood as we know it is disappearing as evidenced by difficulties experienced when distinguishing between childhood and adulthood. In his book, The Disappearance of Childhood, Neil Postman (1994) believes childhood is “disappearing at a dazzling speed”. To make his point, he identifies the similarities experienced by both children and adults

