Children's Studies

The first generation of children who were born into and raised in the digital world are coming of age and reshaping the world in their image. Our economy, our politics, our culture, and even the shape of our family life are being transformed. But who are...

"Rethinking Children and Research" considers the way people approach research into childhood and children's lives and examines the debates concerning the forms and goals of such research. Theoretical and practice-based perspectives are discussed in the...

The Reality of Research with Children and Young People illustrates the process of carrying out research through thirteen `research stories'. Each story includes a piece of published research, accompanied by a commentary from the author of the research...

Innocence, Knowledge and the Construction of Childhood provides a critical examination of the way we regulate children's access to certain knowledge and explores how this regulation contributes to the construction of childhood, to children's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838147266Author W. F. DuncanFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Peaches PublicationsPublisher Peaches Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671870737Author William K. KilpatrickFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 468gDimensions(mm)...

This book showcases rights based participatory approaches to policy-making, practice and research with children and youth.Throughout its three parts, the book conceptualises a rights-based participatory approach; showcases constructive and innovative...

For decades, child protection systems have striven to provide responsive services to vulnerable children and families in the face of the constant change and instability caused by the bureaucratization of child protection. This book lends a strident voice...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425229651Author Laurie Fivozinsky LeComerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam...

"Remarkable insight and sensitivity ...deepen[s] our understanding of human resilience and how people rebuild their lives from tragic circumstances." --KENNETH ROTH, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch "The stories in this book are eloquently and...

Discover the power of being imperfectly present with your children, helping them develop mental, emotional, and spiritual resilience that will sustain them for a lifetime.Like most parents, Amy and Jeffrey Olrick left the hospital with their first child...

In the last decades of the 20th century, successive British governments have regarded adolescent pregnancy and childbearing as a significant public health and social problem. Youthful pregnancy was once tackled by attacking young, single mothers but New...

This new edition of A Handbook of Children and Young People's Participation brings together work from research and practice to reflect on some of the key developments in the field since the first edition published in 2010.Subtitled 'Conversations for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061743818Author Elaine HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 230gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733328791Author Anthony RaymondFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Anthony RaymondPublisher Anthony RaymondWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

The general well-being of British adolescents has been the topic of considerable debate in recent years, but too often this is based on myth rather than fact. Are today's young people more stressed, anxious, distressed or antisocial than they used to be?...

The Art of Being Black explores how young black Britons create their cultural identities. Claire Alexander rejects the common tendency to view black communities in terms of conflict, or as the focus of a problem; she offers a fresh exploration of the...

In a sea of troubling reporting about education, teaching, reading, and the wellbeing of teens, Ivey and Johnston bring some good news that shows what happens when we stop underestimating young people. This accessible book offers an engaging account of a...

Explores childhood in relation to blackness, transfeminism, queerness, and deportability to interrogate what "the child" makes possibleThe concept of childhood contains many contested and ambivalent meanings that have extraordinary implications,...

Classic essays and new work on the issue of childhood sexuality and its "queer resonances"Our culture has a dominant narrative about children: they are (and should stay) innocent of sexual desires and intentions. At the same time, children are...

This book explores the economic, religious, political and personal forces that led to some 80,000 British children being sent to Canada between 1867 and 1915. How did this come about? What were the motives and methods of the people involved? Why did it...

In this revealing social history, Daniel Thomas Cook explores the roots of children's consumer culture-and the commodification of childhood itself-by looking at the rise, growth, and segmentation of the children's clothing industry. Cook describes how in...

The onset of COVID broke a 150-year social contract between America and its children. Tens of millions of students lost what little support they had from the government-not just school but food, heat, and physical and emotional safety. The cost was...

This book explores the extent to which children engage with questions of morality, arguing that they are active members of society who have both the capacity and understanding to engage with discourses of morality.Book InformationISBN 9780230284265Author...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619025844Author Jay GriffithsFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 29mm

In this provocative history of parenting, Harry Hendrick analyses the social and economic reasons behind parenting trends. He shows how broader social changes, including neoliberalism, feminism, the collapse of the social-democratic ideal, and the 'new...

This book presents an entirely fresh view of the upbringing of English children in upper and professional class families over three centuries. Drawing on direct testimony from contemporary diaries and letters, the book revises previous understandings of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781962840286Author Dr Phil FreizingerFormat HardbackPage Count 26Imprint APAPublisher APAWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 6mm

2020 Choice Outstanding Academic Title In The Queer Aesthetics of Childhood, Hannah Dyer offers a study of how children's art and art about childhood can forecast new models of social life that redistribute care, belonging, and political value. Dyer...

Ethical beliefs, direct personal experiences, and the knowledge we accumulate from sources such as TV dramas, magazines and social media all shape our ideas about health and wellbeing. In this highly engaging new book, Colin Goble and Natasha Bye-Brooks...

Examines children as creative and critical thinkers who shape society even as it shapes them Every major political and social dispute of the twentieth century has been fought on the backs of our children, from the economic reforms of the progressive era...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728387475Author Alero George-TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Authorhouse UKPublisher Authorhouse UKWeight(grams) 86gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Anchored in accounts of young people's personal experiences of loneliness, this book addresses important questions about tackling today's epidemic of loneliness among young people. It explores experiences of loneliness in early life, how it is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143111719Author Jessica Joelle AlexanderFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 176gDimensions(mm)...

From the famed Harvard psychologist and an expert on the impact of digital media technologies, a riveting exploration of the power of apps to shape our young people-for better or for worse No one has failed to notice that the current generation of youth...

How do you apply the principles, structures and processes of the law to everyday practice? Drawing on a wealth of contemporary case examples, this handy pocket book demystifies the legislation on children in need and demonstrates the practical duties and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814207581Author Jerome G. MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University Press

This accessible and authoritative book provides the first systematic overview of the global children's rights movement. It introduces both beginners and experts to child and youth rights in all their theoretical, historical, cultural, political, and...

What role does an animal play in a child's developing sense of self? Are children and animals interacting in ways no longer recognizable to adults? The Significance of Children and Animals addresses these and other intriguing questions by revealing the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385496285Author Meredith SmallFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 270gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...