Children, Youth and Time

Sabina Schutter, Dana Harring, Sabina Schutter, Dana Harring

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781801176453
• eBook ISBN: 9781801176460
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Marriage & Family Sociology
• Index: Social Sciences

The concept of time in childhood and youth is discussed in two contradictory ways; first romanticized, as a time of play, innocence, and exploration - of learning through trial and error, and second, as a time restricted by tight societal and generational structures, such as chains of care, institutional and family timetables. Children, Youth and Time reflects on the complex concept of time as perceived and experienced by children and young people in relevant societal and generational contexts.

Including empirical and theoretical contributions from around the globe which shed light on time and temporality as it is negotiated by children and young people in distinction to adults, both within the family and in institutional contexts, the chapters in this collection delve into the impact of current global challenges upon children, young people, and families' time. How do critical global concerns such as climate change or the COVID-19 pandemic affect the temporal experience of children and youth?

Providing fresh insight at a crucial moment of global disruption, the authors equip us with a stronger awareness of young people's perceptions of the world during periods of crisis. As a vital tool for safeguarding and implementing strategies to support children and young people in an everchanging world, this is a timely resource for researchers interested in the welfare of children and youth.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Chapter 1. Qlimates and Quarantines – Testing the Hypothesis of How Gen Z Transformed Into A Generation
• Chapter 2. Between Self-Actualization and Waste of Time: Young People’s Evaluations of Digital Media Time
• Chapter 3. How Parents and Children Spent Time During Pandemic? Exploratory Study of Home Activity Patterns and Parental Mental Health COVID-19 Japan
• Chapter 4. Maintaining Quality Family Time for Children’s Social Intelligence: Public Educators’ Beliefs and Practices in the Pandemic Age
• Chapter 5. Unequal Time Patterns in Childhood and Adolescence
• Chapter 6. Childhood Fantasy: Young People’s Time Use in Their Imagined Ideal Childhood
• Index