The first history of childhood in Tudor England "Tudor Children is social history at its best. . . . By connecting with ......more

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This book powerfully sets out the case for Transitional Safeguarding, a new approach to protection and safeguarding desi......more

Do traditions contribute to children’s spirituality? Why and how so? From theoretical and practical considerations, this......more

Despite a mass expansion of the higher education sector in the UK since the 1960s, young people from socio-economically ......more

Despite a mass expansion of the higher education sector in the UK since the 1960s, young people from socio-economically ......more

One unintended consequence of the unprecedented rural-to-urban migration in China over the past three decades is the exp......more

One unintended consequence of the unprecedented rural-to-urban migration in China over the past three decades is the exp......more

Growing Up Human reveals how our evolutionary history has shaped a phenomenon experienced by all readers - childhood. Tr......more

Around 1 in 10 children born in the UK are fathered by men under the age of 25. These men are often from socially disadv......more

Around 1 in 10 children born in the UK are fathered by men under the age of 25. These men are often from socially disadv......more

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. It is increasingly recognized that ethnonational frameworks a......more

The bestselling author of Alienated America traveled the country asking families and experts the same two questions: Why......more

Ashua, a village boy, is visited by a monk in his village while he is grazing goats. The monk encourages him to chase hi......more

This book illuminates the complex relationship between social media, identity, and youth in the Global South. By examini......more

The field of music education research is often concerned with studies and measurements that highlight the deficits rathe......more

This book bridges the gap between historical research on Japan and the field of childhood history by writing children an......more

The volume addresses pertinent need to examine childhood trauma revolved around nuanced themes of war, sexual abuse, and......more

An expanded edition of this contemporary classic to reinspire contemporary playground design. From the 1950s to the 1980......more

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Explores how the institutional management of children’s sexualities in boarding schools affected children’s future socia......more

Although children have prompted and participated in numerous acts of protest and advocacy, their words and labors are mo......more

Although children have prompted and participated in numerous acts of protest and advocacy, their words and labors are mo......more

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, a generation of children crossed the border from the United States to begi......more

Neo-Victorian Young Adult Narratives examines the neo-Victorian themes and motifs currently appearing in young adult fic......more

By the close of the eighteenth century, learning to read and write became closely associated with learning about the mat......more

This book chronicles the child performer as part of the Mexican-American/Chicana/o theatre experience. This book adds to......more

This book troubles the ways young people have been constructed as ’trouble’ through critical readings of the effects and......more

This book explores the principles, practice and challenges in determining justice system responses to serious offending ......more

Young People in the Global South: Voice, Agency and Citizenship explores the spatial, relational, affective and material......more

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY licence. Young people transitioning out of care towards independence, wo......more

This book will be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in disability studies, childhood studies,......more

This book examines the methods and approaches currently being taken by the global community of youth in influencing envi......more

This book focuses on Arab youth marginalization along intersectional lines of gender, ethnicity and social class in four......more

A lively exploration into America’s preoccupation with childhood innocence and its corruption In The Drinking Curriculum......more

A lively exploration into America’s preoccupation with childhood innocence and its corruption In The Drinking Curriculum......more

By the close of the eighteenth century, learning to read and write became closely associated with learning about the mat......more

Those engaging in research to reduce youth inequality know that robust and resonant theories are needed alongside strong......more

This edited volume shares contributors’ first-person narrations of some of the hard-fought learnings and challenges of b......more

Although summer camps profoundly impact children, they have received little attention from scholars. The well-known Farm......more

Museums, Children and Social Action examines the role that museums play in reaching, teaching and inspiring children as ......more

Museums, Children and Social Action examines the role that museums play in reaching, teaching and inspiring children as ......more

As young people constitute the future development of Cuba, constant analysis of their diverse life experiences is necess......more

In a time of ongoing global instability and the emergence of new fault lines of social inequality generated by the COVID......more

This book sheds light on young New Zealander’s social realities and lived experiences of their digital and sexual lives ......more

Many scholars have critiqued the neocolonial assumptions embedded in global development agendas. These often focus on th......more

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Relevant for experienced and emerging social work and human service practitioners alike, this book explores the uniquely......more

Relevant for experienced and emerging social work and human service practitioners alike, this book explores the uniquely......more

First published in 1933, Youth in Soviet Russia presents Klaus Mehnert’s honest and personal account of the state of the......more

The long-term consequences of COVID-19 have been tough for children around the world, but even more so for young childre......more

This book explores the prevailing role of rites of passage, ritual, and ceremony in contemporary children’s lives throug......more

This book explores how and if the mandate for children to worship in schools can be justified within the context of decl......more

This book centers directly impacted Black children who have lived through parental incarceration. Their stories are told......more

This collection examines the representation of children in contemporary apocalyptic films and television, arguing that t......more

In the grand tapestry of human history, the contributions and accomplishments of women have often been overlooked or rel......more

About the Book: Children, parents, and teachers will love this clever story about two young girls whose friendship takes......more

Children today grow up in an increasingly volatile, complex and uncertain world. Theirs is a generation disempowered fro......more