Cultural References
The term is used to apply to an expected next stage in human evolution in the Childe Cycle novels by Gordon R. Dickson.
Childe in Stephen King's The Dark Tower is, in Roland Deschain's own words, "...a term that describes a knight - or a gunslinger - on a quest. A formal term, and ancient. We never used it among ourselves...for it means holy, chosen by ka. We never liked to think of ourselves in such terms, and I haven't thought of myself so in many years." (p. 859, The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower, Pocket Books, 2006 ed.)
The term also exists, albeit with a different meaning, in the roleplaying system Vampire: The Masquerade and various spin-offs. It signifies the "offspring" of a vampire, while the creating vampire is called "Sire".
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“At times it seems that the media have become the mainstream culture in children’s lives. Parents have become the alternative. Americans once expected parents to raise their children in accordance with the dominant cultural messages. Today they are expected to raise their children in opposition to it.”
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