Childhood Studies and child psychology: Disciplines in dialogue?

Tatlow-Golden, Mimi and Montgomery, Heather (2021). Childhood Studies and child psychology: Disciplines in dialogue? Children & Society, 35(1) pp. 3–17.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12384

Abstract

Childhood Studies is a dynamic and still‐growing subject, bringing a child‐focused, rights‐based and (usually) constructionist perspective to children's lives. Its early days were also marked by wariness of, even hostility to, developmental psychology. Yet it is increasingly recognised that some mainstream developmental psychology is opening itself to more contextualised understandings of children and childhoods, and that other psychologies offer further opportunities for dialogue between disciplines. We aim to explore these opportunities, to consider what (and whether) these fields of study can learn from one another and how this might enrich and further challenge research and practice.

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