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Educational credentials are one of the most reliable tickets to a middle-class livelihood across the globe today. But as......more

A Singing Game: A Personal History of "When I Was a Baby" examines a series of variants of the classic singing game. "Wh......more

A Singing Game: A Personal History of "When I Was a Baby" examines a series of variants of the classic singing game. "Wh......more

Despite decades of policy reform, minoritised ethnic families continue to experience disproportionate intervention, hars......more

Girlhood and Adolescence in the Twenty-First-Century Southern Novel explores six works by contemporary Southern women wr......more

Girlhood and Adolescence in the Twenty-First-Century Southern Novel explores six works by contemporary Southern women wr......more

From dramas to reality TV to advertising, quinceañeras are familiar across mainstream media in the United States. The ce......more

Offering a timely and critical examination of the pressures shaping children’s lives - across societies, systems and set......more

This book explores the intricate landscape of youth representation on television, shedding new light on how tweens, teen......more

Addresses how to balance freedom of religion and parental rights with the wellbeing of the child That belief that childr......more

An exploration of the global language of play--and its local accents. There is an inherent contradiction in play: it is ......more

An exploration of the global language of play--and its local accents. There is an inherent contradiction in play: it is ......more

A groundbreaking approach to parenting that presents emotional maturity as the foundation for happy, resilient, successf......more

An edited collection with fresh approaches to tech and youth well-being that go beyond blame and simplistic solutions. T......more

Despite global advances in children’s rights, young people are routinely disregarded, overpowered and excluded. This per......more

Learn how to count and work your way up the number table with this book. Featuring colourful illustrations and examples,......more

Discover the magnificent variety of the animal kingdom with this book. Whether it is cows, or crocodiles, or capybaras, ......more

Expand your vocabulary to another level with this book. Featuring 100 new words with colourful illustrations that will s......more

A guide to supporting children’s wellbeing in cities, through their own perspectives. Bringing together insights from cr......more

A guide to supporting children’s wellbeing in cities, through their own perspectives. Bringing together insights from cr......more

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Discussions on children who have experienced domestic abuse often focuses on trauma and risks, and little is known about......more

Discussions on children who have experienced domestic abuse often focuses on trauma and risks, and little is known about......more

Amid increasing policy and funding pressures, and a dangerously overstretched workforce, the early years sector in the U......more

An unexpected portrait of the first year of school for America’s youngest learners. When we think of kindergarten, many ......more

From the New York Times bestselling author of Hunt, Gather, Parent comes a revolutionary five-step guide--packed with pr......more

From the New York Times bestselling author of Hunt, Gather, Parent comes a revolutionary five-step guide--packed with pr......more

How can we help children make a difference, allowing them to shape their communities, locally and globally? Drawing on a......more

Tracing the cultural history of play--from Fluxus to SimCity Games and gamified activities have become ubiquitous in man......more

Tracing the cultural history of play--from Fluxus to SimCity Games and gamified activities have become ubiquitous in man......more

A groundbreaking study of the meaning of childhood in French colonial Senegal Negotiating Childhood explores how colonia......more

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the lives, challenges, and aspirations of street children across differen......more

Imagining with Purpose in Childhood explores the question: How might moral imagining be conceived to support the cultiva......more

In Boys Will See Boys: Folklore, Friendships, and Emotions in Boyhood Snapshots, author Jay Mechling examines snapshots-......more

Child and family social work faces pressing challenges, from high care rates - particularly among marginalised communiti......more

Child and family social work faces pressing challenges, from high care rates - particularly among marginalised communiti......more

Originally published in 1922, Juvenile Delinquency was written while the author was Director of the Ohio Bureau of Juven......more

First published in 1985, Disability in Modern Children’s Fiction presents a case for the inclusion of a planned element ......more

Originally published in 1961, when the NSPCC played a very real and important part in the Welfare State. This is Your Ch......more

Understanding Contemporary Childhood introduces students to the ways in which childhood is socially constructed by a ran......more

"Our education systems are shortchanging far too many teenagers. This book is brimming with insights on how to change th......more

Childhood in Animation: Navigating a Secret World explores how children are viewed in animated cinema and television and......more

This book offers multidisciplinary and inclusive perspectives on children and young people’s spirituality and its resear......more

In this study of representations of children and childhood, a global team of authors explore the theme of undeadness as ......more

With the complexity of change that PreK-12 schools are facing, frameworks are needed to understand what the 2020s and be......more

Despite its huge public profile, surprisingly little is known about child protection work. This book provides a new ’for......more

Youth and community work is a long-contested profession which has been challenged and required to adapt in order to addr......more

Youth and community work is a long-contested profession which has been challenged and required to adapt in order to addr......more

In an era of technological advances and rapidly increasing international exchange, how did young Germans come to underst......more

This book departs from the universalising and rescue narratives of poor children and technologies. It offers complex sto......more

This book focuses on how youth work and music is measured and valued. The collection explores the landscape of youth wor......more

This comprehensive text offers an accessible introduction to the field of childhood studies. Written by a team of higher......more

Child welfare systems around the world provide essential services to protect the lives of children who are abused and ne......more

This open-access volume is the first English-language study of the vibrant contemporary landscape of Italian youth-orien......more

It is recognised by researchers that children’s voices must be included in shaping knowledge and understanding of social......more

As seen in previous pandemics, girls and young women are particularly vulnerable as social issues such as homelessness, ......more

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of digital communication, catering to scholars, career starters, and indivi......more

Raising Spirit in Blackfoot Territory examines the ethnographic dilemmas that arose across the run of the Raising Spirit......more

From theoretical and practical considerations, this book explores children’s weaving of and distancing from family, cult......more

This book discusses regional and global discourses on the rights of children and especially girls. It focuses on social ......more

Based on a unique blending of sociology, history, anthropology, and philosophy, this book seeks to reinvigorate youth-ce......more

For too long, kinship and other forms of childhood care have been determined without a clear focus on children’s views. ......more

Bestselling author and advocate Dr. Monique Couvson makes a compelling, passionate case for why we should invest in girl......more

How do we better involve young children in the decision-making of their own social care? This book, developed from the E......more

The Parenting Breakthrough You ve Been Searching For Discover how just ten minutes a day can unlock your child s greates......more

The first chapter focuses on pedocentrism and offers a genealogical and critical analysis of the child-centered traditio......more

This fully revised and expanded second edition of Key Issues in Childhood and Youth Studies presents an informed and cri......more

This fully revised and expanded second edition of Key Issues in Childhood and Youth Studies presents an informed and cri......more

Drawing on the multinational qualitative study ’Children’s Understandings of Well-being’ (CUWB), this unique edited coll......more

Historical perspective shows that concerns about the "kids these days" are as old as civilization itself. Today’s young ......more

The first history of childhood play and imagination in pre-war Australia This groundbreaking book is a history of childr......more

This book presents a comprehensive compilation of research findings and conceptualizations within the field of infancy. ......more