Is childhood lost?

Childhood now is quite different from what it used to be . My dad says that when he was a child, he had a lot of time to play, and still he had a lot of time left to study. Now-a-days children and even teenagers don’t get time for such activities. Most of their time is spent preparing for their exams. They are made to rush to jump on the so called development bandwagon as their parents expect them to outshine all others in their class. As a result they have lost their innocence. Their parents and the education system have deprived them of their childhood. They don’t know what they should and they know what they should not. A newborn infant transcend childhood and steps into youth with a wayward mindset.