Children's literature as a motivational factor for physical activities through the example of Jaroslav Foglar
AbstractDespite many philosophical and scientific appeals, physical inactivity, especially in children and young people, remains one of the most serious problems of contemporary civilisation. In our sub-study of wider research, we focus on the use of Czech fiction and comics by Jaroslav Foglar as a motivational factor to increase readers' physical activity. The respondents (n = 1174) were mostly adults who had spent their childhood or adolescence reading the works of Jaroslav Foglar. These people valued exercise (70%) in this reading, with a high correlation (0.73) to a healthy lifestyle (abstinence from alcohol and sm...
Source: Children and Society - May 15, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Ivo Jir ásek,
Richard Macků,
Jiří Němec Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Adventurous play in schools: The parent perspective
AbstractAdventurous play (play that is exciting and thrilling, where children take age-appropriate risks, for example climbing trees and jumping from rocks) is increasingly being recognised as beneficial for child health and development. Despite this, children's opportunities for and engagement in this type of play have declined in recent decades. Break times in schools may provide an ideal opportunity to provide adventurous play opportunities for all children. Recent work has identified myriad factors that help and hinder schools in offering adventurous play opportunities, but parent perspectives have largely been absent....
Source: Children and Society - May 12, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Rachel J. Nesbit,
Kate Harvey,
Sajida Parveen,
Helen F. Dodd Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Young people's perspectives on assisted dying and its potential inclusion of minors
AbstractAssisted dying legislation is available to support adult deaths in multiple international jurisdictions. In Canada, a parliamentary committee has recommended extending Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) legislation to include ‘competent mature minors’. Even though such a policy change would affect young people, to date formal discussions about MAID for minors have excluded them. No empirical studies have elicited youth perspectives on including them in future legislation. This qualitative descriptive study uses focus groups to explore young people's perspectives on MAID and its potential extension to include mi...
Source: Children and Society - May 12, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Kevin Liu,
Sophia Siedlikowski,
James Mellett,
Franco A. Carnevale,
Mary Ellen Macdonald Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Drawing Deportation: Art and Resistance among Immigrant Children. By Silvia Rodriguez Vega (ed.) NYU Press, 2023 Paperback 9781479810451, 240pp, $30.00
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Source: Children and Society - May 11, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Marta Moskal Tags: BOOK REVIEW Source Type: research
Questioning children's activism: What is new or old in theory and practice?
This article explores the multiple and shifting meanings of children's activism and addresses some of the potential benefits and disadvantages of framing a given set of practices as children's activism. After recognizing the potential dangers of overuse of the term, we offer our own conceptual understanding of children's activism, focusing oncollectivity,challenging expectations andtransforming power. Further, in questioning what is new and old in theory and practice on children's activism, we illustrate how scholars and practitioners supporting children's participation can benefit from established literature, strategies a...
Source: Children and Society - May 10, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Jessica K. Taft,
Claire O'Kane Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Criminal responsibility of older children: The failings of doli incapax in Australia
AbstractCriminal law balances community protection from children who commit criminal offences against supporting children to behave appropriately. Existing Australian law applies the rebuttable presumption ofdoli incapax to children from 10 years of age and then applies full criminal responsibility to children from 14 years of age. Imposing full criminal responsibility on older children is problematic because it does not account for their cognitive development, social and environmental risk factors and maturity. Extendingdoli incapax to older children is one response to address the challenges of older children's crimi...
Source: Children and Society - May 8, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Mac Tuomi,
Dominique Moritz Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
The multiple roles of media use within the family system during lockdown: A thematic analysis of parental reports from the UK
AbstractChildren's media use increased during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Here, we present a thematic analysis of online survey responses from 69 parents (of children aged 0 –11 years) who described their family media use after the first UK lockdown. Data highlight an increased reliance on media use driven by the challenges of managing time, work, leisure and social connection. Parents reported the additional work of regulating family media use amidst concerns about harmful effects. We draw on an ecological systems approach to discuss how the role of media in family functioning is determined by societal institutions and di...
Source: Children and Society - May 5, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Adam Galpin,
Amy Bidgood,
Gemma Taylor Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Think of the children!: Relationships between nudity ‐related experiences in childhood, body image, self‐esteem and adjustment
AbstractThere are widespread, strongly held beliefs that naturism has a negative impact on children. However, naturist groups advocate for including children and prior research has not clearly investigated how naturism affects children. Two pre-registered, cross-sectional studies (N1 = 411,N2 = 250) investigated how nudity-related experiences in childhood predicted overall adjustment. In Study 1, adults reported their recalled experiences of nudity in childhood as well as their current levels of body appreciation, self-esteem and overall adjustment. In Study 2, mothers reported on t heir children's current experien...
Source: Children and Society - May 4, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Keon West Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Supporting living together: Group work on animal rights for children
AbstractWith this group work, which includes activities for animal rights, it is aimed that children can raise awareness about animal rights and interact with animals. The research was carried out as a pretest-posttest experimental study in order to evaluate the effect of group work on children receiving counselling and training from a Guidance and Research Center in Istanbul. The study group of the research between May 2022 and June 2022 consists of 20 children (10 in the experimental group, 10 in the control group) between the ages of 11 –12 and continuing their education in Istanbul. In addition to the Personal Inform...
Source: Children and Society - May 3, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Yunus Kara Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Picture books for young children of incarcerated parents: Through the lens of bibliotherapy
AbstractResearch suggests that bibliotherapy can help children cope with life's challenges through age-appropriate reading and storytelling. Bibliotherapy has been employed to assist children in dealing with grief, divorce, adoption and other stressors. However, limited studies have investigated how this approach can support young children with incarcerated parents. Utilizing bibliotherapy as a framework, this study conducts a thematic analysis of children's picture books published between 1977 and 2014, featuring children of incarcerated parents as main characters to better understand the challenges they face. The study a...
Source: Children and Society - May 2, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Kamesha Spates,
Gumiko Monobe,
Tierra James Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Humour, empathic concern and perspective ‐taking in children. Cartooning about social inequality
AbstractThis research is motivated by two inter-related arguments. Humour and cartooning in children are useful means to (1) address sensitive socio-political issues and (2) foster empathic concern and perspective-taking. Humorous cartoons and multimodal narratives were created by 10 –13-year olds in school workshops about social inequality and social empathy. Students made cartoons related to concrete situations of economic, gender, racial and ethnic inequality. Children showed empathic concern towards the victims depicted, evidenced by representing positive empathy between c haracters or by denouncing a lack of empathy...
Source: Children and Society - May 1, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Ana Pedrazzini,
Constanza Zinkgr äf,
Lucía Bugallo,
Paola D'Adamo,
Mariana Lozada Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
‘They are always in the top of our mind’: Designated Teachers' views on supporting care experienced children in England
AbstractCare experienced children are at substantial risk for poor educational outcomes, so it is vital to understand where the challenges and opportunities may lie in providing improved support for them. Designated Teachers have statutory responsibilities within maintained schools in England to promote the educational achievement of care experienced children, but very little research has examined their views and experiences. Following purposive sampling, in-depth, online, semi-structured interviews were conducted with five Designated Teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic to explore their experiences of the facilitators an...
Source: Children and Society - April 27, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Lynn De La Fosse,
Sarah Parsons,
Hanna Kovshoff Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Does the early childhood education and care in India contribute to children's skill development?
AbstractEarly childhood education and care (ECEC) is a crucial intervention because of its long-term impact on child development. However, information concerning the effectiveness of the ECEC in developing countries like India is sparsely available. This empirical study drew upon primary data collected from India's eastern state, West Bengal and investigated whether attending preschool contributed to children's cognitive and social skill development. The study found that attending preschool did not provide dividends in the form of cognitive and social skill accumulation. Furthermore, attending private preschool was associa...
Source: Children and Society - April 24, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Saikat Ghosh Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Area ‐deprivation, social care spending and the rates of children in care proceedings in local authorities in England
AbstractThis paper examined relationships between area-level deprivation, local authorities' social care expenditure and the rates of children entering care proceedings in England using a novel data linkage of de-identified records provided by the Children and Family Court Advisory Service (Cafcass). Using structural equation modelling, the authors found strong positive relationships between socioeconomic area deprivation and high rates of children undergoing care proceedings in England between 2015 and 2019. Preventative social care expenditure is associated with lower child rates when adjusting for deprivation. Our findi...
Source: Children and Society - April 23, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Stefanie Doebler,
Karen Broadhurst,
Bachar Alrouh,
Linda Cusworth Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Homeless youth ‐led activism and direct action: Lessons from a participatory research project in Tio'tia:ke/Montréal
This article explores the involvement of youth with lived experience (LE) in activism and research aimed at addressing youth homelessness in Canada. Based within a youth-participatory action research project in Tio'ti á:ke/Montréal, Canada, we reflect on how young people described their own activist organising, as well as the practical ways we may harness actions that homelessness youth are already doing to create communities and solidarity. The authors are members of Youth Action Research Revolution (YARR), a research team primarily made up of youth with LE of homelessness. We position the analysis at an intersection of...
Source: Children and Society - April 23, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Jayne Malenfant,
Mickey Watchorn,
Naomi Nichols Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
