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Abduction of Children
J. Mitchell Miller, Stephanie M. Koskinen
Subject: Childhood Studies »
Date Added: 2019-09-25
Abduction of ChildrenIntroductionFew crime topics elicit as much fear and concern as child abduction, which is also commonly known as child kidnapping...
Aboriginal Childhoods
Gaynor Macdonald
Subject: Childhood Studies »
Date Added: 2015-05-29
Aboriginal Childhoods Introduction Documentation of Aboriginal childhood and adolescence in Australia has never been systematic. Information a...
Addams, Jane
Virginia Yans, Ji-Hye Shin
Subject: Childhood Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Jane Addams Introduction Jane Addams (b. 1860–d. 1935), along with Ellen Gates Starr, was cofounder of Chicago’s Hull-House, a model American ...
ADHD, Sociological Perspectives on
Claudia Malacrida, Tiffani Semach
Subject: Childhood Studies »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Sociological Perspectives on ADHD Introduction A sociological approach to Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) begins from the posi...
Adolescence and Youth
Helena Helve
Subject: Childhood Studies »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Adolescence and YouthIntroductionSocial science and humanistic research has focused mainly on young people in the United States and western Europe. In...
Adolescent Consent to Medical Treatment
Emma Cave
Subject: Childhood Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Adolescent Consent to Medical Treatment Introduction Subject to certain exceptions, (e.g., emergency treatment), clinicians need a valid conse...
Adoption and Fostering
Rachael Stryker
Subject: Childhood Studies »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Adoption and FosteringIntroductionAdoption and fostering are any customary or optional procedures for taking as one’s own a child of other parents. Th...
Adoption and Fostering, History of Cross-Country
Fiona Bowie
Subject: Childhood Studies »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
History of Cross-Country Adoption and Fostering Introduction The movement of abandoned, neglected or surplus children from one family or group...
Advertising and Marketing, Psychological Approaches to
Brian Young
Subject: Childhood Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Psychological Approaches to Advertising and Marketing Introduction The relationship between advertising/marketing and children has been explor...
Advertising and Marketing, Sociocultural Approaches to
Amanda E. Staiano, Sandra L. Calvert
Subject: Childhood Studies »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
Sociocultural Approaches to Advertising and Marketing Introduction Marketing is the systematic planning, implementation and control of busines...
Africa, Children and Young People in
Kristen Cheney
Subject: Childhood Studies »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Children and Young People in AfricaIntroductionResearch on children and youth in Africa has played a formative role in the advancement of theories in ...
African American Children and Childhood
Robin Bernstein
Subject: Childhood Studies »
Date Added: 2015-03-10
African American Children and Childhood Introduction The historical study of African American childhood faces significant challenges. Very you...
After-school Hours and Activities
Hilary Levey Friedman
Subject: Childhood Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
After-School Hours and Activities Introduction Beginning in the late 19th century, compulsory education had important consequences for the A...
Animals, Children and
Gail F. Melson
Subject: Childhood Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Children and Animals Introduction The study of children’s development traditionally has focused on children’s relationships with other humans....
Animations, Comic Books, and Manga
Robert S. Petersen
Subject: Childhood Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Animations, Comic Books, and MangaIntroductionComic scholarship emerged out of several different arenas, each with its own distinct style and purpose....
Anthropology of Childhood
Heather Montgomery
Subject: Childhood Studies »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Anthropology of ChildhoodIntroductionChildren and childhood have long been studied in social and cultural anthropology and have been central to the ov...
Archaeology of Childhood
Suzanne Spencer-Wood
Subject: Childhood Studies »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Archaeology of Childhood Introduction The archaeology of children and childhood developed from 1980s feminist critiques of the neglect of wome...
Ariès, Philippe
Colin Heywood
Subject: Childhood Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Philippe ArièsIntroductionIt is common currency in the early 21st century that childhood is an invention of modern society, that parents during the me...
Attachment in Children and Adolescents
Jean Mercer
Subject: Childhood Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Attachment in Children and AdolescentsIntroductionThe term “attachment” is used to describe aspects of intense, intimate emotional relationships, with...
Australia, History of Adoption and Fostering in
Shurlee Swain
Subject: Childhood Studies »
Date Added: 2013-01-28
History of Adoption and Fostering in Australia Introduction Known initially as boarding-out, foster care was the preferred method of care for ...
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