Children & Society is an interdisciplinary journal publishing high quality research and debate on all aspects of childhood and policies and services for children and young people. The journal is based in the United Kingdom, with an international range and scope.    The journal informs all those who work with and for children, young people and their families by publishing innovative papers on research and practice across a broad spectrum of topics, including: theories of childhood; children"s everyday lives at home, school and in the community; children"s culture, rights and participation; children"s health and well-being; child protection, early prevention and intervention.

Children & Society is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes high-quality research and discussions on all aspects of childhood, as well as policies and services for children and young people. Based in the United Kingdom, the journal has an international scope and reach. It aims to inform all those who work with and for children, young people, and their families by publishing innovative papers on research and practice across a broad spectrum of topics, including theories of childhood; children's everyday lives at home, school, and in the community; children's culture, rights, and participation; children's health and well-being; and child protection, early prevention, and intervention.

《Children and Society》是一本跨学科期刊，发表关于儿童及其政策和服务的高质量研究和讨论。该期刊总部位于英国，具有国际范围和视野。期刊旨在为所有与儿童、青少年及其家庭工作的人士提供信息，发表关于研究和实践的创新论文，涵盖广泛的主题，包括：儿童理论；儿童在家庭、学校和社区的日常生活；儿童文化、权利和参与；儿童健康与福祉；儿童保护、早期预防和干预。

Children and Society

This paper reports on a two‐year study exploring children's understandings of disability. It focuses on findings from interviews conducted with 24 children, aged 6 to 19, who had disabled siblings, exploring their perceptions of impairment, disability and difference. Most were very aware of their sibling's impairment but the majority did not see that as making their siblings different. Where difference was perceived, this was sometimes attributed to their siblings' experience of disability—unequal treatment and the hostile attitudes of others. Most children saw their disabled sibling as holding various identities and their shared biographies, as members of the same family, may have taken precedence over any perceived differences.

Kirsten Stalker

Clare Connors

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Children's perceptions of their disabled siblings: ‘she's different but it's normal for us’

残疾兄弟姐妹的儿童认知：“她与众不同，但对我们来说很正常”

Abstract This article contributes to a dialogue between childhood studies and the sociolinguistic subfield ‘Family Language Policy’ (‘FLP’). The article argues that the two fields provide complementary vantage points for exploring child agency. It explains a revised version of a model I developed to conceptualise child agency in FLP, consisting of four intersecting dimensions: compliance regimes; linguistic norms; linguistic competence and generational positioning (Smith‐Christmas, Handbook of home language maintenance and development . De Gruyter Mouton, pp. 218–235, 2020a). The article examines two conversational excerpts as a means to illustrating the dynamic and relational nature of child agency and how it is both shaped by as well as shapes interactional practices over time and space.

Cassie Smith‐Christmas

Using a ‘Family Language Policy’ lens to explore the dynamic and relational nature of child agency

运用“家庭语言政策”视角探讨儿童能动性的动态与关系本质

ABSTRACT The present paper investigates small stories of Minecraft fanart as a part of children's gaming practices. The data consists of interviews with ten Swedish children between 10 and 18 years old about the creation of digital drawings. Taking an ethnomethodological and conversation analytical approach paper directs attention to how Finley talks about and displays fanart as a practice that is composed of knowledge and skills from various metagame activities and fields of knowledge. It is shown how Finley demonstrates advanced and systematic ways of talking about drawings and explains how to see and understand them.

Pål Aarsand

Talking Fanart: Small Stories About Drawings and Games

《对话粉丝艺术：关于绘画与游戏的小故事》

ABSTRACT For over 15 years the Japanese government has promoted a national campaign on child abuse awareness and tasked authorities with addressing rising child abuse reports. With an orange ribbon as its symbol, a key aspect of this campaign, alongside casework, is the creation and circulation of visual‐discursive representations of abused children. Drawing on 18 months of ethnographic fieldwork on child protection practice, this paper contextualises the social construction of child abuse by critiquing the cultural and technical logics of abuse and protection discourse. Appeals to vulnerability, rights and duty bridge public and expert fields and position an image of pity as a call to action that drives child abuse prevalence as well as enduring dispositions by the state towards intrafamily normativity and a minimalist welfare state.

Christopher Chapman

The Orange Ribbon and the Pitiful Child: Investigating Child Abuse, Family Normativity and the Welfare State in Japan

橙色丝带与可怜的孩子：探究日本儿童虐待、家庭规范与福利国家

ABSTRACT Sedentary behaviour among children has become an area of interest in health research due to its associations with unfavourable health outcomes. Concerns about certain activities being sedentary guides much work in this field, with study outcomes often directed towards determining the amount of time spent in these activities. In this paper, we explore the idea of thinking about sedentary moments within children's everyday practices instead of total time spent in sedentary behaviours. Through this approach we examine children's everyday practices to show how activities by themselves should not necessarily be considered sedentary, but as composed of sedentary moments that are performed. We also look at how such sedentary moments are created, and the ways in which they are linked to material arrangements and pervasive understandings about how certain practices should be conducted. These could be seen as instruments of power acting upon the body, shaped by discourses about childhood and family life.

Apoorva Rathod

Jerry Olsson

Tim Schwanen

‘Can You Please Sit Still?!’: Exploring the Dynamics of Children's Sedentary Behaviours at Home

“你能请坐好吗？！”：探索儿童在家中的静坐行为动态

ABSTRACT This article is co‐written by a team of researchers who worked together during the pandemic to conduct parallel research projects in their home countries, collectively referencing the project as Children, Media and Pandemic Parenting. Our article consists of a series of curated thought pieces, drawing on interviews with parents in Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, South Korea and the United States. The pieces consider how family media practices gained greater degrees of nuance during the pandemic through an examination of four interlinked themes: Screen time, creativity, schooling and regulation. We discuss how the intensified presence of digital technologies in domestic life was accompanied by an intensified sense of parental responsibility, creating undue pressure to make the ‘right’ decisions while often feeling ill‐equipped to do so. We argue that parents could be better supported to make considered choices about media practices in the home if responsibilities were more widely distributed to include the likes of cultural institutions and, where appropriate (e.g., in the instance of tech companies), regulated by Government. Ideally, this support would be accompanied by the development of a range of tools that are responsive to the complex and evolving needs of families.

Natalie Coulter

Diana Carolina García‐Gómez

Sarah Healy

Hyeon‐Seong Jeong

Maureen Mauk

Lindsay C. Sheppard

Rebekah Willett

Xinyu ‘Andy’ Zhao

Family Media Practices in a Post‐Pandemic Future: Conversations From a Transglobal Research Project

后疫情时代家庭媒体实践：来自跨全球研究项目的对话

ABSTRACT Children are the builders of the future, and their education is crucial for societal development. This study aims to identify and analyse the barriers that prevent marginalised communities from participating in educational activities and explore strategies for overcoming these obstacles. Focused on Pakistan, which has the second highest number of out‐of‐school (OOS) children globally according to UNICEF, this research utilises data from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) Wave 6. Employing logistic regression and generalised structural equation modelling (GSEM), we investigate the impact of foundational skills, child disabilities, socioeconomic factors and regional differences on school attendance. The study particularly examines the role of financial assistance, including tuition fees and social transfers, in addressing the issue of out‐of‐school (OOS) children. The findings highlight the need for inclusive policies, adequate funding and enhanced foundational skills to improve school attendance and academic outcomes.

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Journal Impact	1.23
Quartiles(Global)	SOCIAL WORK(Q2)

ISSN	0951-0605, 1099-0860
h-index	68

Publication Information	Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd，Publishing cycle: ，Journal Type: journal，Open Access Journals: No
Basic data	Year of publication: 1987，Proportion of original research papers: 92.68%，Self Citation Rate:7.10%， Gold OA Rate: 48.62%

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Children's perceptions of their disabled siblings: ‘she's different but it's normal for us’

Using a ‘Family Language Policy’ lens to explore the dynamic and relational nature of child agency

Talking Fanart: Small Stories About Drawings and Games

The Orange Ribbon and the Pitiful Child: Investigating Child Abuse, Family Normativity and the Welfare State in Japan

‘Can You Please Sit Still?!’: Exploring the Dynamics of Children's Sedentary Behaviours at Home

Family Media Practices in a Post‐Pandemic Future: Conversations From a Transglobal Research Project

Talking Fanart: Small Stories About Drawings and Games

The Orange Ribbon and the Pitiful Child: Investigating Child Abuse, Family Normativity and the Welfare State in Japan

‘Can You Please Sit Still?!’: Exploring the Dynamics of Children's Sedentary Behaviours at Home

A Multilevel Analysis of Out‐of‐School Children by Gender and Educational Level