House of Curiosity... » Children http://madas.jordanplanet.org Casting the first stone Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:00:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Are our children DEVOLVING by modernity and civilization? http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2009/06/07/are-our-children-devolving-by-modernity-and-civilization/ http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2009/06/07/are-our-children-devolving-by-modernity-and-civilization/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:59:32 +0000 Madas http://madas.jordanplanet.org/?p=591 Since, I am totally obsessed with Harry Potter these days; today’s question is inspired by Harry Potter.
For a long complex reason, I bought the first episode of Harry Potter… I watched all episodes except this one… and obviously realized how it started more childish and innocent and then became darker and darker…. a sentence written on the cover of the first episode stated:

“Parental guidance recommended for persons under 15 years”

Reading this sentence, my 15 year old cousins automatically came to mind. They are way taller than myself, physically much stronger, and are acutely aware of what happen around the world. Conversations with them vary from American foreign policies to water on Mars… The idea of having to guide them while watching any of the Harry Potters, let alone the first episode seemed completely ridiculous, actually it bordered the hilarious!

This thought made me wonder whether modernity is pushing us to devolve by being over protective over our children… I mean the more civilised the more protective we are, the more concerned with safety and consequences of everything and anything… our lived become more governerd by complex social  rules… this means our children are more sheltered and therefore less skilled ….

Did Alexander the Great conquer the world by the age of 17? I wonder if his mother would have stopped him from watching Harry Potter.

I leave you with a glimpse…

BOO!

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