Why American’s Definition of Childhood Differs from Everyone Else’s

Paula Fass, author of The End of American Childhood.

Topic: A history of parenting from life on the frontier to the managed child.

Issues: How the American understanding of childhood differs from that of many other countries; how the way we raise our children mirrors the way our society and culture has developed; why childhood lasts a lot longer now than it did 150 years ago or so; and much more.