Children's Studies

What is the boy crisis? It's a crisis of education. For the first time in American history, our sons will have less education than their dads. It's a crisis of mental health. It's a crisis of sexuality. It's a crisis of purpose....

This generation of students who have grown up in the 21st century are the most social, the most empowered, and also the most anxious youth population in human history. If you are struggling to connect with and lead them, you are not alone....

Gardner and Davis are concerned with three vital areas of adolescent life: identity, intimacy, and imagination....

Kids are at the center of today’s “culture wars”—pundits, politicians, and parents alike are debating which books they should be allowed to read, which version of history they should learn in school, and what decisions they can make about their own bodies.

Why America's sons are underachieving, and what we can do about it. Something is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere 20 years ago....

In this eye-opening book, youth culture and technology expert Danah Boyd uncovers some of the major myths regarding teens' use of social media....

A parenting expert reveals the four biggest threats to girls' psychological growth and explains how parents can help their daughters develop a healthy sense of self....

The dominant force in the lives of girls coming of age in America today is social media. What it is doing to an entire generation of young women is the subject of Nancy Jo Sales' American Girls....

Brenna Hassett explores how our evolutionary history has shaped a phenomenon every reader will have experienced—childhood....

An eye-opening look inside pre-K in America and what it will take to give all children the best start in school possible....

When identical twins June and Jennifer Gibbons were three, they began to reject communication with anyone but each other, and so began a childhood bound together in a strange and secret world. As they grew up, love, hate and genius united to push them to the extreme margins of society....

A comprehensive month by month guide to pregnancy, birth and beyond from mother of four and media personality Bec Judd and her dream team of experts....

Parenting is enormous work; it can be as overwhelming as it is fulfilling. Within Parent Like It Matters, parents will find the invaluable tools they need to raise resilient, optimistic girls who determine for themselves what their world will look like....

From a world-renowned expert on creative play and the impact of commercial marketing on children comes a timely investigation into how big tech is hijacking childhood—and what we can do about it....

An important, hopeful book, Within Our Grasp looks at the urgent problem of childhood malnutrition worldwide and the revolutionary progress being made to end it....