Childhood Studies Questions – September 12

• How do remembering our childhood experiences add to our understanding of children or childhood? How do we avoid the “nostalgic distance” that Coats (2001) is talking about, in our everyday or disciplinary narratives?
• Why is the US not ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child?
• What does “children as a social class” mean? Can we talk about a unified interest(s) of children?
• Do all children have the same needs when it comes to attachment?
• In which issues related to children relying on theory might be a good source rather than seeking for measurement/assessment/pragmatic “solutions”?