Is modern society failing our children? Has the quest for constant progress, through the use of technology and the desire to constantly engage our children with stimuli and keep them busy with lives that we have curated for them, been to the detriment of childhood? A recent global childhood report found that British children are the most unhappy in the Western world despite our relative material progress. Yet, there is rarely a conversation about the root causes.

My guest today, Ahmed Paul Keeler, is the AUTHOR OF RETHINKING ISLAM AND THE WEST. And also the author of a soon to be published book titled the Gazan Awakening. He has thought a lot about the issues involved in nurturing a true childhood. How can we resist the excesses of modernity and exhibit the timeless qualities of Islam in our lives?

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0:00 Introduction

2:04 Why is Childhood so important

20:00 Capitalism

25:30 How has childhood been breached

30:27 Teenage angst

41:40 Was it really good in the past?

53:00 Reclaiming Childhood

1:08:39 Motherhood and Fatherhood

1:18:40 The new generation

1:23:00 His new Gaza book

1:31:58 His poem

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