1 Conceptions of Childhood, Agency and the Well- Being of Children

Graf, Gunter

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“…The social vulnerability of children partly stems from their limited capacities and their needs and partly from how childhood is framed in modern societies (Graf 2015). They are economically vulnerable because they cannot take care of themselves in the same sense as adults.…”

Section: The Currency Of Justicementioning

confidence: 99%

A Philosophical Examination of Social Justice and Child Poverty

Schweiger¹,

Graf²

2015

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Section: The Currency Of Justicementioning

confidence: 99%

A Philosophical Examination of Social Justice and Child Poverty

Schweiger¹,

Graf²

2015

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“…Childhood has been a debated concept for decades among theoreticians, who have offered many different views on what constitutes childhood and how it is to be understood (cf. Woodhead 1996;Aries 1962;Mayall 2002;Lee 2001;Corasaro 1997;Prout 2005;Qvortrup 2009; James & James 2012; Buckingham 2013; Archard 2014; James & Prout 2015;Solberg 2015;Graf, 2015). Childhood can be universally understood most simply, and irrespective of culture, "as the early phase of the life-course of all people in all societies.…”

Section: The "Good Childhood"mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is characterized by the rapid physiological and psychological development and represents the beginning of the process of maturation to adulthood" (James & James, 2012, p. 15). However, cultures vary in the way they understand the biological growth and development of children and their ideas about children's needs, welfare and best interests, producing different conceptions of childhood (Woodhead, 1996;Graf, 2015). Archard (2007) introduced the distinction between the concept of childhood and conceptions of childhood in order to capture the idea of the social construction of childhood.…”

Section: The "Good Childhood"mentioning

confidence: 99%

Children with multiple stays at Nordic refuges for abused women: conclusions, challenges, and causes for concern

Selvik

Överlien

2014

Nordic Social Work Research

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This research was funded by ExtraStiftelsen ([grant number 2012/2/0246]) in collaboration with the Norwegian Council for Mental Health (Råde for psykisk helse). The research was hosted at the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies in Oslo and affiliated with the University of Bergen (Department of Education). I was also fortunate to join the National Research School for Teacher Education during my research process. Thank you for a knowledgeable and amazing three years. A special thanks to the children of this study, their mothers, and the refuges for allowing and supporting this research. I owe these children my deepest gratitude for sharing their thoughts and stories. Your voices provided valuable knowledge about the lives of children living multiple relocations at refuges for abused women, which is a great asset for schools, refuges, and other support agencies as well as policymakers. I would like to thank my supervisor, Associate Professor Carolina Øverlien, for her support and complete engagement. Thank you for your constant advice, inspiration, guidance, and challenging encouragement throughout this research. I have enjoyed all the academic opportunities you offered and the intellectual discussion you provided along the way. I am fortunate to have had you as my adviser! I also thank my second adviser, Professor Arild Raaheim, for his support, interesting discussions, positive feedback, and continuous encouragement. It has been a pleasure working with you. I am also grateful to Anne Solberg and Ingrid Helleve for their time and interest in my research. Thank you for inspiring discussions and feedback. A special thanks to Hayat and Luma for all the technical and reading support you have provided overseas. Thanks to Alexander Hauglin for saving my dissertation documents when my PC decided to crash. This thesis would not have been possible without the love and support of my beloved husband Kjetil and my children Serin, Elma and Adam, whom I have neglected the past couple of years. Thank you for being patient, thank you for encouraging me all the way, and thank you for all the help you gave me without asking. I couldn't have done this without you and for that I am forever grateful! My dear family on both sides! Thank you for your help when life was difficult to bear alone. My dear friends! My dear neighbors! And dear parents of my children's friends! Thank you for all the support and care you have provided me and my family during my studies.

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“…Our argument thus far is that while children are not legally autonomous subjects, they still have agency 17 21. Montreuil and Carnevale's concept analysis on agency defines it as ‘the capacity to act deliberately, speak for oneself, and reflect on the social worlds that shape their lives and the lives of others’ (Montreuil and Carnevale, p510) 22.…”

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“…These children were able to demonstrate reflections on their views on good and bad, and right and wrong, and express morally meaningful preferences on how they should be treated 25. To say that children have agency means acknowledging that they can make judgments and engage in reasoning more than adults think they can, even though these judgments and reasoning skills may not conform to adult-centred conceptions of autonomy 21. Children’s agential capacities are not less worthy of being recognised than adults’ autonomous capacities 26…”

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Considering medical assistance in dying for minors: the complexities of children’s voices

Singh¹,

Macdonald

Carnevale

2020

J Med Ethics

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Medical assistance in dying (MAID) legislation in Canada followed much deliberation after the Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling in Carter v. Canada. Included in this deliberation was the Special Joint Committee on Physician Assisted Dying’s recommendation to extend MAID legislation beyond the inclusion of adults to mature minors. Children's agency is a construct advanced within childhood studies literature which entails eliciting children’s voices in order to recognise children as active participants in constructing their own childhoods. Using this framework, we consider the possible extension of MAID legislation to most minors. We highlight important questions regarding how insights from children’s voices could be mobilised in the life or death context of MAID. We conclude that children’s voices have the potential to help determine their eligibility for MAID; however, incorporating children's voices in the context of MAID requires careful consideration due to the complexity of voice.

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1 Conceptions of Childhood, Agency and the Well- Being of Children

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A Philosophical Examination of Social Justice and Child Poverty

A Philosophical Examination of Social Justice and Child Poverty

Children with multiple stays at Nordic refuges for abused women: conclusions, challenges, and causes for concern

Considering medical assistance in dying for minors: the complexities of children’s voices

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