In recent years both social observers and professionals who
work with children have come to tire startling conclusion
. that significant, somewhat disturbing changes in the nature
of childhood have somehow taken place. We see the effects of
These changes reflected in the lives and spirits of our children
every day.
"Hurrying" or "hothousing" children, for example, or the
disappearance or loss of childhood are all terms used to describe
these changes. Though analyzed and evaluated from a variety of
perspectives, there is general agreement on one fact--these
changes threaten childhood and, therefore, children as we have
come to understand them in the last century.
A casual observer might only say that children today seem so
much more grown up than when he or she was a child. What
they sense is true. Children do seem to grow up a lot faster these
days; they do seem to "put away childish things" a lot sooner than
their parents or grandparents.
In today s world there are at least three certainties: death, taxes,
and change. Change is a fact of life and childhood has not been
unaffected. But Christians who live in a close relationship with a
living, loving, sovereign God, a God who cares deeply about
children, need not be resigned to all change as inevitable and
immutable. We can pray, hope, and work for change of our own.
The gradual diminisbment of childhood has produced changes
that have resulted in more than just social or emotional losses to
children. There are real spiritual losses, also. Children are whole
people, people whose mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual
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