Richard Louv Quote

We attempt to remember our collective American childhood, the way it was, but what we often remember is a combination of real past, pieces reshaped by bitterness and love, and, of course, the video past--the portrayals of family life on such television programs as "Leave it to Beaver" and "Father Knows Best" and all the rest.

Childhood's Future (ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1990)

We attempt to remember our collective American childhood, the way it was, but what we often remember is a combination of real past, pieces reshaped...

We attempt to remember our collective American childhood, the way it was, but what we often remember is a combination of real past, pieces reshaped...

We attempt to remember our collective American childhood, the way it was, but what we often remember is a combination of real past, pieces reshaped...

We attempt to remember our collective American childhood, the way it was, but what we often remember is a combination of real past, pieces reshaped...