◎ contents 1. Subjects,objects or participants? Dilemmas of psychological research with children 2. The child as a social actor in historical sources : problems of identification and interpretation 3. Zeitgeist research on childhood 4. Macroanalysis of childhood 5. Children as respondents : the challenge for quantitative methods 6. Conversations with children : working with generational issues 7. THe development of participatory techniques : facilitating children's views about decisions which affect them 8. Childhood diversity and commonality : some methodological insights 9. Entering and observing in children's worlds : a reflection on a longitudinal ethnography of early education in Italy 10. Learning the lives of disabled children : developing a reflexive approach 11. Lisening to children : and hearing them 12. Children as researchers : the effents of participation rights on research methodology