{"title":"Gendering innocence: An empirical inquiry into the lived experience of gender incongruence in childhood","authors":"Elizabeth Yarrow","doi":"10.1111/chso.12860","DOIUrl":"10.1111/chso.12860","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Gender diversity in childhood has become an issue of significant public debate in Britain. Growing concerns have amassed around the exposure of children and adolescents to new forms of gendered knowledge and expression, arousing discourses of childhood ‘vulnerability’ and ‘innocence’. These ideas draw on a specific framework for understanding ‘childhood’, in which children are depicted as passive, dependent and in need of protection, as they follow a universal, predetermined developmental pathway. Among other effects, this has resulted in a dearth of empirical research that has explored gender diversity as a developmental experience in childhood. This article draws on evidence from interviews with 40 gender and sex variant young people and 30 caregivers of transgender children. Participants' accounts illustrate the deep psychic investment in embodied gender incongruence that young people may manifest from the earliest years of childhood. They highlight the profound distress sometimes experienced by children denied external recognition of their internal (gendered) selves and required to conform to extraneous expectations informed by essentialist understandings of biological sex. Far from ‘innocent’ of gender (difference), children can be deeply and actively involved in creating and adopting gendered subject positions, sometimes generating unanticipated forms of diversity.</p>","PeriodicalId":47660,"journal":{"name":"Children & Society","volume":"38 6","pages":"1984-2002"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/chso.12860","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140583852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eilidh Lamb, Neil Young, Vicki Ledgerwood, Chloe Berry, Leah Young
{"title":"A gender-based violence prevention programme—Young people's participation and activism in Scotland","authors":"Eilidh Lamb, Neil Young, Vicki Ledgerwood, Chloe Berry, Leah Young","doi":"10.1111/chso.12853","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12853","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article presents a critical reflection from young people and youth workers on their participation in a gender-based violence prevention programme implemented in Scotland. Authors have focussed their lens on the role of young people's peer education and activism, including using arts-based methods to reflect on their work. The programme aimed to address the pervasive issue of gender-based violence and empower young individuals to become agents of change within their communities. The implications of this study contribute to the broader discourse on gender-based violence prevention and the role of young people in effecting social change.</p>","PeriodicalId":47660,"journal":{"name":"Children & Society","volume":"38 3","pages":"926-944"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140546714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The future of children's care By Christian Jerr, Robin Sen (Eds.), Bristol University Press. ISBN 978-1-4473-6828-7 (paperback)","authors":"Ellisiah Jocson","doi":"10.1111/chso.12858","DOIUrl":"10.1111/chso.12858","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47660,"journal":{"name":"Children & Society","volume":"38 5","pages":"1873-1874"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140378342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Young adult migrants' social experiences in Sweden: ‘Melting pot’ and ‘salad bowl’ perspectives on social integration","authors":"Azher Hameed Qamar","doi":"10.1111/chso.12857","DOIUrl":"10.1111/chso.12857","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Framed within the social constructionist interpretive phenomenological approach, I explore the perceptions and social experiences of two Arab girls living in Sweden. A phenomenological interpretive analysis was used to examine the unstructured in-depth interviews. The research focuses on the migrants' perceptions of social integration framed as a ‘melting pot’ to a ‘salad bowl’ integration. The ‘melting pot’ is a metaphor for assimilationists' perspectives on integration which means melting down into a new identity while losing oneself. This was expressed as submission, drawing a line of ‘differences’ between ‘successful’ and ‘unsuccessful’ integration. Contrary, ‘salad bowl’ is a metaphor for social integration as a process of creating and nurturing social connections that lead to co-existence with trust, reciprocity, and a sense of belonging. I present a two-fold argument connecting social resilience and social integration as the foundation of migrants' social experiences in the host country: (1) the visibility of migrants as ‘beings’ rather than ‘becomings’ should guide the pragmatic approach to integration; and (2) the social and political space for migrants should include their voices and engagement in right-based policies, as well as a shared sense of responsibilities, connectedness, and co-existence.</p>","PeriodicalId":47660,"journal":{"name":"Children & Society","volume":"38 6","pages":"1965-1983"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/chso.12857","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140378681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Children, deafness, and deaf cultures in popular media Edited by John Stephens and Vivian Yenika-AgbawUniversity Press of Mississippi, 2023. ISBN: 9781496842053, $30 (paperback)","authors":"Daniel Freeman","doi":"10.1111/chso.12859","DOIUrl":"10.1111/chso.12859","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47660,"journal":{"name":"Children & Society","volume":"38 5","pages":"1874-1875"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140381077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Community coherence, collective efficacy and civic engagement in student and youth councils: The mediating effect of community resilience","authors":"Einav Amram Asherov, Zehavit Gross","doi":"10.1111/chso.12856","DOIUrl":"10.1111/chso.12856","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examines relationships between community coherence and collective efficiency, and civic engagement, and the role of community resilience within such relationships, as seen in youth council frameworks. The participants included a group of 223 members of youth councils in Israel and a group of 568 non-members, aged 14–18. The quantitative research tool comprised the Civic Engagement questionnaire; Conjoint Community Resiliency Assessment Measure; Sence of Community Coherence Questionnaire; and Collective Efficacy Questionnaire. Positive relationships were found between community coherence and collective efficiency, and civic engagement for both groups, yet community resilience was only a mediating factor in this relationship for the non-member group.</p>","PeriodicalId":47660,"journal":{"name":"Children & Society","volume":"38 6","pages":"1943-1964"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/chso.12856","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140223825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura H. V. Wright, Marlies Kustatscher, Kristina Konstantoni, Karina Padilla, Emma Davidson, Kay Tisdall
{"title":"Rethinking child and youth activism in challenging times","authors":"Laura H. V. Wright, Marlies Kustatscher, Kristina Konstantoni, Karina Padilla, Emma Davidson, Kay Tisdall","doi":"10.1111/chso.12837","DOIUrl":"10.1111/chso.12837","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47660,"journal":{"name":"Children & Society","volume":"38 3","pages":"729-743"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140224961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Navigating the rights of intersex children in Zimbabwe","authors":"Pearl Gambiza, Hellen Venganai","doi":"10.1111/chso.12854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12854","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the seemingly progressive strides made in promoting the rights of children in many African countries, the rights of intersex children remain hidden. This paper explores the lived experiences of intersex children in Zimbabwe drawing from in‐depth interviews conducted with intersex children aged between 8 and 16 years. The paper reveals a myriad of overlapping challenges faced by intersex children compounded by a lack of legal recognition and influence of cultural and religious discourses which threaten intersex children's sexual and reproductive health rights including their right to bodily autonomy and integrity, as well as their right to education.","PeriodicalId":47660,"journal":{"name":"Children & Society","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140117383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Re-thinking youth work as initial mental health support for young people","authors":"Alison Ní Charraighe, Andie Reynolds","doi":"10.1111/chso.12855","DOIUrl":"10.1111/chso.12855","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Youth work is a practice that supports young people and bolsters mental health and well-being. In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, young people in the UK have experienced rising levels of mental distress. However, in the broader youth policy field, youth work is rarely acknowledged as a mental health support. This article draws upon research uncovering to what extent youth workers provide mental health support for young people. A survey questionnaire was distributed to youth workers across selected local authorities in central Scotland and north-east England. Our original findings show that most youth workers provide initial mental health support for young people and, since the pandemic, this has become a key component of youth work practice. The youth workers surveyed were confident that they had the skills, experience and training to provide such support but were struggling to meet increased demand due to funding shortages in the sector.</p>","PeriodicalId":47660,"journal":{"name":"Children & Society","volume":"38 6","pages":"1920-1942"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/chso.12855","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140149301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sexuality education for disabled children and youth in Ontario, Canada: Addressing epistemic injustice through school‐based sexuality education","authors":"Adam Davies, Samantha O'Leary, Jessica Prioletta, Bronte Shay, Malissa Bryan, Orion Neustifter","doi":"10.1111/chso.12843","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12843","url":null,"abstract":"While conversations pertaining to school‐based sexuality education are becoming more prominent, the experiences of disabled children and youth are still under‐discussed in research. Despite disabled childhood studies emerging as a field of inquiry, there is still a lack of critical conversation pertaining to disabled students' sexuality education within their respective schooling. This article draws from Fricker's theory of epistemic injustice to describe some of the ethical questions that arise in the denial of disabled children and youth's access to sexuality education in school contexts. By engaging with relevant literature on sexuality education and disabled students in schooling, this article puts forward that the continual exclusion of disabled students from accessing school‐based sexuality education promotes a form of epistemic injustice and silencing of the voices, perspectives and experiences of disabled students.","PeriodicalId":47660,"journal":{"name":"Children & Society","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140105918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}