A review by mattbrosseau
The Disappearance of Childhood by Neil Postman

3.0

This is a difficult book to rate. Not because it's hard to understand, but because it struggles to find its point. Understanding where the concept of childhood comes from is an important aspect of understanding where it is going, however, the majority of this book is about the history of literacy and the printing press and how that has shifted us toward the development of "childhood" as a concept.

By the time Postman gets to the thesis outlined in his book's title, it sounds more like one of the generic articles complaining about "Millennials" rather than a critical analysis of the concept of childhood and how to help preserve it.