Children's studies

  1. What role does race play in the global definition of childhood in the 20th and 21st centuries? Please explore this question across multiple nation-states or regions of the world.(at least three different national/regional perspectives on children and/or childhood) 2. What rights should children be granted across the contemporary world, and why? (You may also address why certain rights are or are not granted in practice.) Please explore this question across multiple nation-states or regions of the world.(at least three different national/regional perspectives on children and/or childhood) 3. At what age, or with what actions/rituals/transitions, does childhood end in the contemporary world? Is there an intermediate stage (adolescence, “youth”) between childhood and adulthood which might complicate this question? Or, does it vary depending on where/whom we are talking about? Please explore this question across multiple nation-states or regions of the world.(at least three different national/regional perspectives on children and/or childhood)