The Newell Prize: 1988
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The 1988 Newell Prize was awarded to Patricia M. Meley, a student of Simon Bronner's, for her paper, "Paper Power: A Search for Meaning in the Folded Paper Toys of Pre-Adolescents."
Perhaps every generation looks at the next with a mixture of pride and awe, bewilderment and fear. Today many concerned adults, educators, and parents search for ways to better understand the children of the 80's. If we use the examination of children's popular culture as the sole vehicle for constructing a meaningful portrait of modern kids, our worst apprehensions seem to be confirmed. Popular trends in children's fashions are remarkable similar to adult fashions. Adult themes of sex and violence pervade the media; explicit music videos and soap operas are now among children's favorite shows. Even cartoons, shows which are specifically made for children, have deteriorated into hour-long product boosters. Drug use is not uncommon among junior high students, teen suicide has become a national concern, the educational system in America appears to be faltering, and rising divorce rates have shattered the image of the traditional American family. Child Psychologist David Eldind cites these stresses as forcing adulthood prematurely on children, and warns: "The concept of childhood, so vital to the traditional American way of life, is threatened with extinction in the society we have created."
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