Childhood Fantasy Childhoods 0
At SFgate, Amy Graff is alarmed at the sexed up images she sees in children’s board games. She says that the Candyland she remembers was nothing like this (Nor is the one I remember).
I’m not sure how I feel about this. I’m torn between “Grow up, already,” and “This is one more signpost on the road to perdition.”
I do believe that when persons scream, “What about the children!” they often aren’t really talking about the children, but about themselves and their own hangups.
Children are lot more matter-of-fact than the adults who desire to shield think they are. I’m not arguing for “kindergarten, life in the streets,” but I am convinced we have slid from protectiveness to paranoia about our kids (though sometimes they do give us reason).
I wonder what has pulled the games in this direction: Kardashians or Disney princesses?
