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The Defamation of Children in the Seventies
The age at which a child can be held criminally responsible in britain remains among the youngest in europe. School closures left vulnerable children unsafeguarded, while on line teaching was really only effective for those whose more affluent households could also provide the necessary technology and space. A pervasive addiction to screen based work, entertainment and now education marches in lock step with a view of children not as vitally distinct but merely as little adults in waiting. The only way any one can think of to compensate for the rising illiteracy rates and the dreadful mental health that such derelictions have visited on our young is to print more and higher marks for them. But it wasn't until i started researching