1.0Digital Childhoodshttps://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dirLayla Kochhttps://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/author/lmkoch/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="PTrsRXAjN4"><a href="https://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/the-currency-of-wartime-childhood/">The Currency of Wartime Childhood</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/the-currency-of-wartime-childhood/embed/#?secret=PTrsRXAjN4" width="600" height="338" title="“The Currency of Wartime Childhood” — Digital Childhoods" data-secret="PTrsRXAjN4" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Pic-1.png1108828During the Second World War, the material worlds and realities of children were transformed entirely, from the everyday spaces they occupied to the objects they encountered on their way to school. Although the Luftwaffe’s aerial bombing campaign destroyed many pre-war fixed playgrounds and precluded opportunities for organised recreation, wartime children persisted in their play, gamifying and incorporating the material culture of war into various playful practices. Among the various souvenirs of war, the most popular in children’s accounts were shrapnel fragments produced by high-altitude explosions of anti-aircraft shells. The morning after an air raid, the streets were swarmed by magpie-esque