The Sociology of Childhood

Part I. The Sociological Study of Childhood 1. Social Theories of Childhood Sociology's Rediscovery of Childhood Traditional Theories: Socialization Children's Understanding of Conservation of Mass Interpretive Reproduction: Children Collectively Participate in Society Do Chips Have Blood on Them? From Individual Progression to Collective Reproductions 2. The Structure of Childhood and Children's Interpretive Reproductions Assumptions of the Structural Perspective The New American Grandparent Age and Gender in Hausa Society Childhood, Children's Activities, and Interpretive Reproduction in Peer Culture Three Kinds of Collective Action Preschool Children's Secondary Adjustments to Teacher's Rules 3. Studying Children and Childhood Macrolevel Methods Microlevel Methods Nontraditional Methods in Studying Children Ethical Issues in Researching Children's Lives Part II. Children, Childhood and Families in Historical and Cultural Context 4. Historical Views of Childhood and Children Philippe Aries's Centuries of Childhood The Debate Regarding Grand-Stage Theories of the Family and Childhood The New History of Childhood The Newsies 5. Social Change, Families and Children Examining Changes in Families From the Children's Perspective Children's Everyday Lives in Families Amy Sticks Up for Her Mom The Effects of Recent Socioeconomic Changes on Children and Childhood in Western Societies What Is a Family? Racial and Ethnic Diversity of the Population of Children and Youth The Lives of Immigrant Children The Effects of Recent Socioeconomic Changes on Children and Childhood in Developing Societies Part III. Children's Cultures 6. Children's Peer Cultures and Interpretive Reproduction Examining Peer Culture from Children's Perspective Central Importance of Peer Culture in Interpretive Reproduction Symbolic Aspects of Children's Cultures Material Aspects of Children's Cultures Children, Parents, and Consumer Culture 7. Sharing and Control in Initial Peer Cultures Central Themes in Children's Initial Peer Cultures Friendship, Sharing, and Social Participation The Little Chairs Routine Access Rituals in an American Preschool Italian Children's Production of the Cantilena in Discussione Autonomy and Control in Peer Culture Two Husbands Non C'E Zuppa Inglese The Walking Bucket La Strega 8. Conflict and Differentiation in the Initial Peer Culture Conflict and Peer Relations Bad Wolves Do Not Exist Social Differentiation in Initial Peer Cultures 9. Pre-Adolescent Peer Cultures Peer Cultures in Preadolescence Friendship Processes in Preadolescent Peer Cultures Autonomy and Identity in Preadolescent Peer Cultures Cradle of Love Disputes, Conflict, Friendships, and Gender Boys and Cooties Generation M: Electronic Media in the Lives of Preadolescents and Adolescents Effects and Process of Media Use in the Lives of Preadolescents and Adolescents Part IV. Children, Social Problems, and the Future of Childhood 10. Children, Social Problems, and the Family Changing Family Structures and Children's Lives Work, Families, and Childhood Divorce and Its Effects on Children Child Abuse in the Family 11. Children, Social Problems and Society Poverty and the Quality of Children's Lives The Abraham Lincoln of Child Workers Growing Up Fast: The Story of Nicholas Teen Pregnancy and Nonmarital Births Violence, Victimization, and the Loss of Childhood Bullying: Patterns and Trends 12. The Future of Childhood The Major Challenges Some More Modest Proposals to Enrich Children's Lives