Essay On Diversities In Childhood

Over the time childhood has drastically changed. Today, many adults believe that childhood is disappearing and that children’s well-being is declining precipitously. They fear that free, unstructured outdoor play has been replaced with adult organized activities or sedentary, electronically-mediated entertainment; that nutritious, home-cooked food has been replaced by fat- and calorie-laden junk food; and that children’s access to adult media has eroded the distinction between childhood and adulthood. Meanwhile, many worry about the impact of divorce, violent videogames, excessive homework and academic testing in schools, and a consumer economy that targets kids with wiles once reserved for adults.
Above all, many fear that contemporary children, suffocating from overprotection and overscheduling, are growing up too fast and

I would like to state those reflections as they go hand in hand with the readings and present my voice to near perfection.
While growing up I remember majority of my time being spent playing in colony parks or on the road outside my house. I played hopscotch, cricket, gallery, kitchen set, Barbie, doll house, wooden blocks, skipped ropes, cycled for long hours etc. I still have my colony friends with whom I go on long evening walks or sometimes play hopscotch. I don’t see children today playing in the colony parks or on road. Kids do cycle in evening sometimes. I see kids of today’s generation are mostly playing on their tablets or laptops. They rarely step outside and venture into the colony.
Sundays while growing up meant going out with the family and meeting other cousins. Attending various functions at different places, getting to know about my family and other families etc. this was also a part of my childhood. Families today do go out on weekends but not with other families. Once in a month or at different families might meet other