This up-to-date text is suitable for students in all early year education courses that include a module on global childhoods. Taking an ecological approach, the book examines how culture and society shape childhoods by considering the lived experiences of children internationally. It begins by questioning the meaning of childhood and explores the historical, cultural, and social views of childhood and children, including the roles of race, class, and gender. The book considers families and parenting from a global perspective, and it looks at the relationship between the state and children by...