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SUMMARY:21st Century Children - Raising Boys and Girls in The Modern World
  - Sue Palmer (author of Toxic Childhood)
DTSTART:20110910T090000Z
DTEND:20110910T170000Z
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CONTACT:Explore Islam Cambridge
DESCRIPTION:*About Seminar:*\n\n\nThe world may have changed beyond recogn
 ition in the last three decades\, but children haven’t changed at all. F
 or healthy development\, they still need the same basic ingredients that h
 ave helped lucky children through the ages grow up bright\, balanced and f
 it to face the challenges of adult life.\n\n*Is 21st century life damaging
  our children?* Huge changes in adult lifestyles have affected the way we 
 look after children\, both at home and in school. This seminar - based on 
 the 12 years’ research behind Toxic Childhood\, 21st Century Boys\, and 
 21st Century Girls - looks at how a toxic mix of side-effects of social an
 d cultural change is affecting the development of a growing number of chil
 dren.\n\nThe seminar also considers the way modern lifestyles impact diffe
 rently on boys and girls\, driving a gender gap which is damaging to the c
 hildren themselves and society as a whole. Commercial forces unite with pe
 er pressure to push girls towards an objectified sexuality at an increasin
 gly early age\, and boys towards computer games and internet porn. With vi
 rtual communication substituting for real life interaction even among pre-
 teen children\, young people are less well-equipped to communicate face to
  face\, making relationships between them and between them and adults incr
 easingly fragile.\n\nThis groundbreaking seminar – aimed at parents\, te
 achers and anyone interested in the welfare of young people – offers con
 cerned adults suggestions for tackling the social\, cultural and education
 al factors underlying these modern developments\, to help all children gro
 w up *bright*\, *balanced* and *confident* to reach their full potential. 
 \n\n*About Instructor:*\n\nSue Palmer has written more than 250 books\, ed
 ucational TV programmes and software packages on aspects of literacy and m
 odern childhood. She is the author of the revolutionary book Toxic Childho
 od: How The Modern World Is Damaging Our Children And What We Can Do About
  It. Please visit "her website http://www.suepalmer.co.uk":http://www.suep
 almer.co.uk for more information.\n\n*About Organiser:*\n\nThe seminar is 
 organised by Muslim Education & Outreach Cambridge (MEOC) which is a chari
 table voluntary organisation based in Cambridge\, England. This seminar is
  for all concerned adults\, not just for Muslims. Sue Palmer will be talki
 ng about issues and solution that are relevant to everyone. At the end of 
 the seminar there will be a 1-hour bonus lecture by an Islamic scholar on 
 aspects of raising healthy\, confident and well-rounded children in Islam.
 \n\n*Advance Online Tickets: From £18 onwards*\n\n_Book at: http://www.21
 stcenturychildren.org.uk_\n\nE: courses@meoc.org.uk T: 01223 655223\n\n!ht
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LOCATION:Lady Mitchell Hall\, Sidgwick Site\, Sidgwick Avenue\, Cambridge\
 , CB3 9DA
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