Ambivalent childhoods: Speculative futures and the psychic life of the childBy Jacob BreslowUniversity of Minnesota Press, 2022. ISBN 978 ‐1‐5179‐0822‐5, 280 pp., $27.00 paper
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Source: Children and Society - July 15, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Riikka Hohti Tags: BOOK REVIEW Source Type: research
Children's outdoor activities in the inner suburbs of Brisbane, Australia
AbstractTo examine the impact of residential design on children's out-of-school, outdoor activities, 149 urban, upper-primary-school children were surveyed about their activities and opinions. Findings indicate children participate in outdoor activities unsupervised in yards that provide busy families quick, convenient access to safe greenspace without the need to drive or closely supervise. The research concluded that government policies are required to ensure residential developments provide yards with usable greenspace, leafy streetscapes and safe, walkable access to local facilities. Increased public awareness and unde...
Source: Children and Society - July 14, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Linda P. Osborne Tags: Original Manuscript Source Type: research
Young people's participation: Revisiting youth and inequalities in Europe Edited by Maria Bruselius ‐Jensen Ilaria Pitti E Kay M. Tisdall, Great Britain Policy Press, an imprint of the University of Bristol ISBN 9781447345411
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Source: Children and Society - July 10, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Daniel Assamah Tags: BOOK REVIEW Source Type: research
Records of personal assistance applications reveal young carers: Viewed from the rights of the child
AbstractThe aim of this article is to investigate how children's care responsibility is recognised in records of personal assistance carried out by the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (SSIA). The article consists of document analysis, examining how caring activities are made visible in the records, and professionals' views and actions regarding responsibilities placed on children. Data consist of 100 cases randomly selected from the SSIA register amongst applicants with children, focusing on parents' descriptions of their needs, the public officials' assessments, and statements from professionals. Recurring themes related ...
Source: Children and Society - July 5, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Ann ‐Sofie Bergman,
Ulrika Järkestig Berggren Tags: Original Manuscript Source Type: research
“The home isn't like a safe space for them”—Ideals of home and family relationships in children's talk about family adversity and help‐seeking
AbstractThe aim of this study is to explore how schoolchildren reflect on children's help-seeking in the context of family adversity after participating in lessons about the child welfare services. A thematic narrative analysis was conducted, building on participating pupils' shared reflections on a fictitious story about two siblings living in adverse family circumstances. The analysis suggests that the pupils held a strong belief on children's rights to a safe home with supportive parental relationships, and they expressed an optimistic view on children's opportunities to receive help to achieve positive change when thei...
Source: Children and Society - June 27, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Ylva Sp ånberger Weitz Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Children and Society Policy Review —A review of government consultation processes when engaging with children and young people about the statutory guidance for Relationships and Sex Education in schools in England
AbstractThis paper examines the participation of children and young people within government consultation processes. It considers the recent Department for Education consultation on its statutory guidance for schools for Relationships and Sex Education in England. The paper is based on a Freedom of Information request for the consultation responses categorised as from ‘young people’. We identify two issues in our interrogation of the data. First, there is evidence that a substantial proportion of responses were not submitted by young people. Second, the consultation approach did not include all the features necessary f...
Source: Children and Society - June 25, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Emily Setty,
Emma Dobson Tags: POLICY REVIEW Source Type: research
Elementary school children in the online world: Naming and mobilization of rights
This study drew on interviews with elementary school children (aged 8 –12), parents and teachers to explore whether and how children name online infringements of their rights and mobilize their rights when they experience such infringements. The findings revealed distinctions between rights infringementsexternal to children's social world and infringementsinternal to this world that are intertwined with children's close relationships. Naming internal infringements proved more complex, particularly when the injuries were masked as pranks or conducted between siblings. The distinction between internal and external rights i...
Source: Children and Society - June 25, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Shiran German Ben ‐Hayun,
Lotem Perry‐Hazan Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Where are we in the recognition of young adult carers in France?
AbstractYoung adult carers (YACs) are people aged 18 –25 years who provide care to a relative who is ill or has a disability. France begins to come to the YAC issue. YAC students were mentioned for the first time in a national policy document in 2019. By interviewing 110 students, this review showed that more than 80% of them did not know what a Y AC was. If students are not aware of this status, they cannot self-identify as carers and seek support. During policy development, it is therefore important to support YACs by raising awareness. (Source: Children and Society)
Source: Children and Society - June 17, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Basilie Chevrier,
Aur élie Untas,
Géraldine Dorard Tags: POLICY REVIEW Source Type: research
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Source: Children and Society - June 13, 2022 Category: Child Development Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
Belittled citizens: The cultural politics of childhood on Bangkok ’s marginsGiuseppe Bolotta Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2021. ISBN 978‐87‐7694‐301‐1, 252 pp., £22.50 (pb)
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Source: Children and Society - June 13, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Heather Montgomery Tags: BOOK REVIEW Source Type: research
Parental mediation in the age of mobile technology
AbstractThis paper explores the impacts of adolescents' screen time, learning outcomes and parental performance in relation to different mediation strategies. These issues are addressed through the analysis of a representative survey carried out with 1000 families in Hungary in 2017. Within this research, 12 –16-year-old teenagers and their parents were asked about their experiences and perceptions of mediation. Four main parental strategies can be identified: balancing mediation, restriction, permission and ad hoc mediation. The significance of parental performance in the analyses indicates that pare ntal mediation form...
Source: Children and Society - June 7, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Be áta Nagy,
Kitti Kutrovátz,
Gábor Király,
Márton Rakovics Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Perspectives of socioeconomically disadvantaged parents on their children's coping during COVID ‐19: Implications for practice
This study presents qualitative analysis of responses to an open-ended question asking parents how children are coping with the restrictions associated with COVID-19, to identify areas in which these cohorts can be supported. Four main themes were identified: health concerns, schooling difficulties, social isolation and adjustment to restrictions. Health concerns included exacerbation of pre-existing health conditions, fear about the virus, difficulty getting children to understand the pandemic and increased sedentary behaviour. Schooling difficulties referred to the challenges of home schooling, which were behavioural (e....
Source: Children and Society - June 6, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Ami N. Seivwright,
Zoe Callis,
Paul R. Flatau Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Unpacking the discourses of stunting in Indonesian early childhood education and parenting
AbstractThis paper interrogates the discourses of stunting in Indonesia and its links to early childhood education. Here, stunting is analysed via Foucault's work, with data stemming from a long-term ethnography study and analysis of relevant policy documents in Indonesia. We argue the discourses of stunting have been regulating children, teachers and parents by acting as a form of biopower of governing rationalities. Focusing merely on the individual and nutrition aspects, the discourses overlook larger societal problems. In such a space, the children, teachers and parents become a site of the state's surveillance and are...
Source: Children and Society - June 5, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Vina Adriany,
Marek Tesar Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Does gender influence children's and young people's caring? A qualitative, systematic review and meta ‐ethnography
AbstractThis qualitative, systematic review explored the influence of gender on children's and young people's caring roles. However, there was very limited research in this area. Eight studies were included and the synthesis yielded seven global themes. The meta-ethnography produced a higher-order concept —the gendered reproduction of children's and young people's caring. The review shows that children and young people are relied on as a caring resource in the global North and South. We emphasise that gender equality in caring, particularly among adults, is necessary to enhance the lifechances of g irls and young women. ...
Source: Children and Society - June 3, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Geraldine Boyle,
Georgina Constantinou,
Rebecca Garcia Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Free time, gender and the pandemic: An exploration of children's daily routines in the times of COVID ‐19 in Chile
This study had a qualitative approach, where 43 in-depth interviews were conducted with children from three different regions of the country, using participatory photo-elicitation as the central tool. The main resul ts of the study show a configuration of free time based on gender stereotypes, showing that boys are the ones who most adhere to such stereotypes, triggering a crisis in the identity construction of masculinities during childhood. The study also suggests that socioeconomic and territorial difference s between children configures different experiences of the use of free time. (Source: Children and Society)
Source: Children and Society - May 28, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Roc ío Díaz,
Mariana Contreras,
Isabel Yáñez,
Tania Ponce Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
