INTRODUCTION
The Nature and Scope of Child Research: Learning About Children's Lives - Gary B. Melton
PART ONE: SETTING-SPECIFIC ISSUES IN CHILD RESEARCH
The Setting of Childhood - Asher Ben-Arieh
Childhood as a Legal Status - Roger J.R. Levesque
Children as Political Actors - Anu Toots, Natalie Worley, Anna Skosireva
Children, Religion, and Spiritual Development: Reframing a Research Agenda - Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, Peter L. Benson
Children as Patients - Priscilla Alderson
Children as Consumers - Ragnhild Brusdal, Ivar Frønes
Young Children as Learners - Jan Kampmann
Children as Family Members - Jennifer Mason, Becky Tipper
Children as Friends - Steven R. Asher, Whitney A. Brechwald, Kristina L. McDonald
PART TWO: POPULATION-SPECIFIC ISSUES IN CHILD RESEARCH
Children in Exceptional Circumstances - Judith Cashmore
Research on Ethnic Minority Children: A Tale of Risk and Resilience - Oscar Barbarin, Emma Sterrett, Dari Jigjidsuren
Sexual Minority Youth and Youth with Sexual Minority Parents - Charlotte J. Patterson
Children Who Have Disabilities - Patricia Sloper, Bryony Beresford
Youth Who Have Broken the Law - Michael R. McCart, Terje Ogden, Scott W. Henggeler
Children as Witnesses - Kelly McWilliams, Else-Marie Augusti, Jacinthe Dion, Stephanie D. Block, Annika Melinder, Judith Cashmore, Gail S. Goodman
Child Maltreatment and Bullying - Kelly McWilliams, Gail S. Goodman, Juliana Raskauskas, Ingrid M. Cordon
Children Living Away from Home - Judith Cashmore
Refugees, Asylum-Seekers, Displaced Persons: Children in Precarious Positions - Jacqueline J. Goodnow
PART THREE: METHODS IN RESEARCH ON CHILDREN AND CHILDHOOD
Challenges and Innovations in Research on Childhood - Drika Weller, Sue Hobbs, Gail S. Goodman
Interviewing Children: A Primer - Karen J. Saywitz, Lorinda B. Camparo
Children as Self-Informants in Longitudinal Studies: Substantive Findings and Methodological Issues - Amy Dworsky
Use of Administrative Data in Childhood Research - Robert Goerge, Bong Joo Lee
Children Taking Photos and Photographs: A Route to Children's Involvement and Participation and a 'Bridge' to Exploring Children's Everyday Lives - Kim Rasmussen
Time-Use Studies - Lyn Craig
Parents' Reports about Their Children's Lives - Marc H. Bornstein
Adults' Memories of Their Own Childhoods - David B. Pillemer, Ryan A. Dickson
School-Aged Children as Sources of Information about Their Lives - Michal Soffer, Asher Ben-Arieh
Infants and Young Children as Sources of Information about Their Own Lives: Methodology and Findings - Harlene Hayne, Karen Tustin
Children as Researchers: We Have a Lot to Learn - Tove I. Dahl
