A Serious Call For The Rescue of Today's Children

A Serious Call For The Rescue Of Today's Children

A Review of

Johann Christoph Arnold Their Name Is Today (Plough Pub. Co., 2014)

220 pp $10.57 ISBN: 978-0874866308

Reviewer: Forrest Schultz

ARC Received From Publisher

     The author of this book is very concerned about the devastation being wrought upon children in today's world, esp. by (what passes for) education. His presentation consists of some old ideas, which are also found expressed by many others in the long history of debates about childhood and education in the years B. C. (Before Computers) plus some new ideas concerning new harm being inflicted in the Computer Era (CE), especially the solipsism produced by the misuses of computers by today's kids.

Among those writers alarmed by these dangers, new and old, few have expressed themselves as poignantly as Johann Christoph Arnold does in this manifesto, which has won the endorsement of Jonathan Kozol and other children's advocates. And Arnold expresses himself clearly and forcefully, which is not surprising: he is an award-winning author with over a million copies of his books in print. You may not agree with some of his ideas, but what he says is always thought-provoking and motivated by a love for people.

     I also commend this book for its beautiful cover depicting a little girl. My granddaughter also likes it, and she has good taste!

     Infomation on this book is available on this website: http://www.theirnameistoday.com/