A review by jimmypat
The Disappearance of Childhood by Neil Postman

2.0

Even though I am sympathetic to Postman's message, I found his thesis that "childhood" was invented in the Middle Ages to be absurd. The first chapter of this book lacked scholarship, breadth, and research. It seemed as if Postman cherrypicked a couple of sources that helped make his case and ignored everything else. I finally put the book aside as he seems to be looking for a sort of morality to help, but yet he takes continued pot-shots at religion which are the source of the morality he is looking for. In the end, it just makes Postman seem kind of sad and lost. If you are to read a book by him I would recommend Amusing Ourselves to Death and avoid this one.