James & Prout. Qvortrup, Jens. "A Voice for Children in Statistical and Social Accounting: A Plea for Children's Right to be Heard" (pp. 85-106)
Reader. Solberg, Anne. 1996."The Challenge in Child Research from 'Being' to 'Doing',"pp.53-65 in Children in Families: Research and Policy edited by Julia Brannen & Margaret O'Brien.
Reader. Kundanis, Rose M. 1996."Baby Riots and Eight-Hour Orphans: A Comparison of the Images of Child Care in British and U.S. Popular Magazines During World War II," Women's Studies International Forum, vol. 19, no. 3: 239-251.

Sep 22 Quiz 5/Methodological Options
Sep 24 Research Ethics
Sep 26 Group Activity: Doing Content Analysis on Contempory Magazines

• How do current methods of accounting for children lead to misconceptions about children's lives? How might family sociologists classify children so as to prevent misunderstandings?

• How are statistical evaluations of children changing?

• How might methods that sociologists use to study children differ from methods that they use to study adults? What child-specific methodological issues should sociologists take into account when researching children?

• What ethical concerns might a researcher take into account when studying children?

• How is Kundanis' content analysis similar to Aries' and Pollock's research? In what ways is Kundanis' methodology different?

• How are portrayals of child care different in the U.S. and Britain? How are differences related to specific cultural and historical contexts?

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