Saturday, May 24, 2008

More on childhood and innocence

Anyone ever notice how kids are routinely written about in the newspaper? Check this one out to see how the ideology of innocence, while well-meaning, can often exclude kids from the category of childhood altogether: http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/429526

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I think that it is too much of a coincidence that the little girl, Iesha, was brought to camp to escape her fears and to be safe. The little boys, however, were brought to camp to play sports and enjoy the (manly) wilderness. Very fitting.