The Disappearance of Childhood Neil Postman
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

By the time he reaches his twenties, he's living a directionless life, a failure in love, estranged from his mother. Mclaughlin won an Emmy in 2008 for Best Investigative Journalism on a personal film about the disappearance of a childhood friend, “Have You Seen Andy?”. Kim Shay: I love Neil Postman, and I agree – I think his book 'The Disappearance of Childhood' very accurately describes what is happening in our culture. Tina Reply September 5, 2010 at 4:27 pm. Even in run-of-the-mill commercials, as Neil Postman noted in his book The Disappearance of Childhood, children are initiated into the world of adult worries and concerns. -Neil Postman, The Disappearance of Childhood Ka-blam! The Disappearance of Childhood. I read a post at Simple Homeschool this week titled on the disappearance of childhood, and it was one of those times when seemingly unconnected and unrelated things and ideas all click together in my mind. I'm a big fan of neal postman's idea that we've shrunk the season of childhood for our children. In Coaching Books / by director / on December 6, 2012 at 2:13 pm / COMMENTS. The End of Education by Neil Postman. This is insanity, of course, as we can see when we observe the result. Neil Postman's “The Disappearance of Childhood”, http://www.amazon.com/Disappearance-Childhood-Neil-Postman/dp/0679751661. I often hear people say that children should be treated like adults. Lewis never recovers from the disappearance of his childhood friend. Postman, author of insightful books such as Amusing Ourselves to Death and The Disappearance of Childhood, stretches our minds again in this volume.