Includes bibliographical references and index.

In the beginning? The origins of childhood / John Clarke -- The building blocks : construction of childhood / Shirley J Pressler -- A mixed life : race, racism, and mixed heritage / Derek Kassem -- Mind games : the psychology of the child / Diahann Gallard -- Inborn or bred : the development of speech and language / Lisa Murphy -- Coming of age : childhood sexuality / John Clarke -- The nanny state? Children and the notion of risk / Andrew Kennedy -- Not seen, not heard : the child and protection / Lynne Kendal -- The parent of last resort : life as a looked-after child / Derek Kassem -- Healthy in body, healthy in? / John Harrison -- The devil wears a hoodie : the social construction of deviant identities / John Robinson -- Up against the wall : the testing regime of childhood / Terry Wrigley -- Rightfully mine! The rights of the child / Heather Montgomery -- The have-not nots : childhood and youth poverty in the UK / Diane Grant -- Brutalized childhoods : the Palestinian experience / Samir Qouta -- The death of childhood : childhood in the context of HIV/AIDS / Gabriella Torstensson -- To go or to starve : moving for a better life / Sam Punch.

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