An Introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology

by Victoria Cooper (editor), Mimi Tatlow-Golden (Editor)

This exciting new book provides a novel interdisciplinary introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology. Its accessible approach illuminates holistic understandings of children and young people’s lives by drawing from multiple disciplines and theoretical frameworks and wide-ranging research examples, including case studies from around the world, featuring children and young people’s perspectives throughout.

Weaving insights from education and cultural studies, social anthropology, and sociology with social, cultural, and developmental psychology, it covers children and young people’s experiences and development from infancy to young adulthood (0–23 years) and their rights. Chapters explore key contemporary topics such as the

Digital childhood and youth Children’s embodied experiences The social and cultural origins of selves Diverse families Race and ethnicity Global childhoods Models for understanding health and disability Children’s rights and agency Gender in childhood and youth An essential reading for students on childhood and youth, psychology, and education courses, An Introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology is also a valuable introductory resource for practitioners working with children and young people and for parents and policy makers with an interest in how we understand children and young people’s lives today.

255 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 31, 2023

Reviews

[C · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has been incredibly insightful, particularly in how it's made me reflect on my childhood and my experience raising a child. It's heightened my awareness of the social constructs children navigate.
Reading it now, I realise how much more understanding and less judgmental I would have been with a different perspective when I was younger. This book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in child psychology, whether studying the subject, working with children, or raising them. It offers a valuable introduction to the infant and child mindset.

[Jenni · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very useful textbook to go alongside my uni course. Very insightful into how the global north and south both do childhood and youth differently but also with some similarities

[Caits Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Year 1 complete (content wise) 🥰