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What About Their Future? An Analysis of Child Protection Systems' Focus on the Future of Newborn Children in Care Order Decisions 他们的未来怎么办？儿童保护系统在护理指令决策中对新生儿未来的关注分析

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Children & Society Pub Date : 2026-04-23 Epub Date: 2025-09-14 DOI: 10.1111/chso.13002

Jenny Krutzinna, Katre Luhamaa, Tarja Pösö, Marit Skivenes

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管我们是因为爱我们 To Guan Us Is to Love Us: Understanding Guan Through Adolescent Perceptions 管我们是因为爱我们 To Guan Us Is to Love Us: Understanding Guan Through Adolescent Perceptions

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Children & Society Pub Date : 2026-04-23 Epub Date: 2026-01-20 DOI: 10.1111/chso.13011

Angie Baily, Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen

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Not Quite Connected: Digital Play, Participation and the Missing Shared Culture in Early Childhood 不完全连接：儿童早期的数字游戏、参与和缺失的共享文化

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Children & Society Pub Date : 2026-04-23 Epub Date: 2025-09-21 DOI: 10.1111/chso.13004

Janniche Elisabeth Broch Wilhelmsen

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How Do Rich Young People Experience Social Inequality and What Do They Know About Poverty and Wealth? 富有的年轻人如何经历社会不平等？他们对贫穷和财富了解多少？

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Children & Society Pub Date : 2026-04-23 Epub Date: 2025-08-20 DOI: 10.1111/chso.12997

Johanna Wilmes, Sonja A. Gossenauer

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Doing Age and Aged Doings in 10–12-Year-Olds' Descriptions of Their Leisure Opportunities 10 - 12岁儿童休闲机会描述中的“做年龄”与“年老行为

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Children & Society Pub Date : 2026-04-23 Epub Date: 2025-10-22 DOI: 10.1111/chso.13015

Lina Lago, Sanna Hedrén

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‘The Heart of the Matter’: Grandparent Childcare in Contemporary Chinese Families “问题的核心”：当代中国家庭的祖父母抚养问题

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Children & Society Pub Date : 2026-04-23 Epub Date: 2025-09-26 DOI: 10.1111/chso.13008

Jiatong Ling, Lorna Montgomery, John Pinkerton

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Screens and Preschool Children: A Qualitative Exploration of Parental Experiences 屏幕与学龄前儿童：父母经验的定性探索

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Children & Society Pub Date : 2026-04-23 Epub Date: 2025-07-14 DOI: 10.1111/chso.12994

Martha Orfanidou, Sofia Theodosiadou, Flora Koliouli

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Measures to Ensure That Social Workers Render Holistic Family Reunification Services: A South African Perspective 确保社会工作者提供全面家庭团聚服务的措施：南非视角

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Children & Society Pub Date : 2026-04-23 Epub Date: 2025-10-15 DOI: 10.1111/chso.13014

Sipho Sibanda

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Schrödinger's Cat and Digital Empathy: How Primary School Children Understand and Respond to Others' Feelings in Online Spaces Schrödinger的猫和数字同理心：小学生如何理解和回应他人在网络空间的感受

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Children & Society Pub Date : 2026-04-23 Epub Date: 2025-07-17 DOI: 10.1111/chso.12992

Michelle O'Reilly, Diane Levine, Sarah Adams, Rachel Batchelor, Neil Sinclair

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Parental Understandings of ‘Stranger Danger’: Balancing Fear of Victimisation by Strangers Against Enabling Autonomy and Independence in Children 父母对“陌生人危险”的理解：平衡对陌生人伤害的恐惧与使儿童自主和独立

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Children & Society Pub Date : 2026-04-23 Epub Date: 2025-09-21 DOI: 10.1111/chso.13001

Craig Collie

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