CFP: What's Wrong with Childhood Today?

It sucks to be a kid these days, or so my own kids tell me. I suppose it always has.

Or has it? And does it have to? What might we be doing wrong?

Psychologists barrage us every day with new theories about how we should raise our children-as though they have human happiness all figured out. But wait a minute! Happiness is the purview of philosophers, not psychologists, and statistics don't tell us a damn thing about it.

How to live the good life is perhaps the greatest philosophical question ever posed. The answer may be elusive, but one thing is sure: it starts young, really young. What do kids need to be doing (or not doing) in order to mazimize their chance of living well, now and into the future?

Send your argument to Guest Editor Sharon Kaye ([email protected]). Its length should be between 800-4000 words. Philosophical fiction and drawings also welcome.