Childhood

Childhood as a social construct

The globalisation of western childhood

Historical differences in childhood

Cross-cultural differences in childhood

Reasons for changes in the position of children

The modern western notion of childhood

The cult of modern childhood

The future of childhood

The disappearance of childhood

Childhood in postmodernity

Has the position of children improved

The conflict view

The 'new sociology of childhood'

The march of progress view

The child-centred family

Toxic childhood

Inequalities among children

Age patriarchy

Inequalities between adults and children

The child's point of view