http://www.mobileyouth.org/post/mobile-youth-the-10-most-common-myths-9-youth-grow-up-faster-these-days/ Youth marketing mobile culture since 2001 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:12:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.mobileyouth.org/post/mobile-youth-the-10-most-common-myths-9-youth-grow-up-faster-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-732 Matt Edgar Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:10:32 +0000 http://www.mobileyouth.org/post/mobile-youth-the-10-most-common-myths-9-youth-grow-up-faster-these-days/#comment-732 Thanks Graham. Great post. I really like the way you've put this particular myth in it's long-view context, though I wonder if the youth-are-growing-up-too-fast brigade are bemoaning a different mythical golden age, somewhere between the end of the Second World War and the start of "Grange Hill". (Picture 13-year-old Johnny walking five miles to school every day with nothing but a rolled-up copy of "the Beano" and some conkers in the pocket of his shorts.) Perhaps the reason for our current moral panic is that once subjected to 24-hour surveillance, the growing-up of our youth is so much more visible to the adult world. The act of observing changes the outcome. Thanks Graham. Great post. I really like the way you’ve put this particular myth in it’s long-view context, though I wonder if the youth-are-growing-up-too-fast brigade are bemoaning a different mythical golden age, somewhere between the end of the Second World War and the start of “Grange Hill”. (Picture 13-year-old Johnny walking five miles to school every day with nothing but a rolled-up copy of “the Beano” and some conkers in the pocket of his shorts.) Perhaps the reason for our current moral panic is that once subjected to 24-hour surveillance, the growing-up of our youth is so much more visible to the adult world. The act of observing changes the outcome.

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