Dfference between girlhood and boyhood pronounced throughout history of childhood [audio 15min]

"Invention of Childhood" is major 30-part narrative history series exploring British childhood and the experience of British children over the last thousand years, with one 15-minute programme each weekday from Mon 25th Sept for 6 weeks. Each programme may be streamed online for 7 days after broadcast. Week Four -- 16 to 20 Oct: Children in the Late 18th and Early 19th Centuries. Episode 16: How I Wish I Were a Boy. In the 19th century, the growth of a peculiarly British institution -- the Public Schools -- intentionally removed boys from the influence of their mothers and sisters more systematically and with greater effect than ever before. Popular children's writer Michael Morpurgo is Britain's former Children's Laureate. Readers include Jack Blumenau, Anna Maxwell Martin, Timothy West and Adam Godley.