<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=390321" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Childhood - The 21st Century</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">How advanced they are, these children of the future, <br>Like small adults, within their tiny frames, <br>They grow up in a fast 'speed driven' culture, <br>Where 'learning pressures' change their kind of games, <br>Where is their childhood, in all this hurly burly, <br>Where is their pure untainted view of things, <br>Why do they have to grow so old, so early, <br>And lose the joy that only childhood brings.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Our childhood was filled with thoughts of joy and gladness, <br>We lived our lives, oblivious to the world<br>And all the hardships, wars, the grief and sadness, <br>We stood, waiting for our lives to be unfurled.<br>We had time to grow, and gain an understanding, <br>Of each new phase, each change along the way, <br>As we grew slowly, our senses all expanding, <br>So with clarity, we slowly changed our play.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We had a framework on which to build and flourish, <br>Slow and steady, this was no rushed affair, <br>Taking each step, then step by step to nourish, <br>Our childhood, so finally adulthood we would share.<br>What will become, of these 'New Century' learners, <br>I doubt if they, a dreamy childhood see, <br>Will they then tell to all those bright discerners<br>Of their own, how they remembered their childhood to be.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ernestine+Northover">Ernestine Northover</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=390321" data-title="Childhood - The 21st Century de Ernestine Northover" data-description="How advanced they are, these children of the future, Like small adults, within their tiny frames, They grow up in a fast 'speed driven' culture, Where 'learning pressures' change their kind of games, Where is their childhood, in all this hurly..."></div> </div> </div>

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