Are children today growing up too quickly?

i believe so.. firstly.. let's determine.. what's growing up? [the loss of childhood innocence, purity of mind; adopting traits/characteristics of adults]
what's too quickly? [growing faster than they should; speeding past the natural process of growing up where there's the optimum age of growth transition from child to adult]

okay, i'm not going to go all GP here... but this question brought some reflection. It's sad isnt it? What ever happened to the blissful childhood days with wonderful childhood memories, quite free from the stress and worries of life; where the mind was just to free to wander and explore safely without getting all influence and hazy; where kids were pure and innocent, away from the corruption (mentally,emotionally,psychologically,spiritually,physically) of this world; whom adults can spend time with, observe and remember the days of happy simple joy and faith as a child. How long more, before we cannot use the statement "as innocent as a child"?

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