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CASE #66: Missing Childhood I have recently read the article Is Childhood Disappearing from Contemporary Society? The article discusses the idea that childhood and adulthood are merging into one, and our children no longer experience the luxuries associated with a carefree childhood. Childhood is supposed to be a stage in life that is separate from adulthood, and has only been recently discovered. Few people in Western civilization understood the concept of childhood. It was believed that children differed from adults only in size, experience and abilities. Childhood, once again is becoming less, and less understood. At the end of the article we are left with a variety of perplexing questions. The author first asks us whether childhood is really disappearing. Childhood is a stage, a stage we all go through, a stage that mus