The Importance of Children and Youth
Within the past decade, sociology as a discipline has reevaluated the role
of children and youth as active social agents. At the same time, young
people are among the most vulnerable members of human societies. Since
this resurgence of interest is relatively recent, published scholarship is not
yet widely available. As a sociologist who studies social welfare and
social justice, I know that children and youth are often left politically and
socially voiceless. The purpose of this page is to provide cross-cultural,
historical, and sociological information and ideas about the younger people in our lives, and
to give voice to some of their concerns.
GENERAL SOCIOLOGICAL
LINKS
Before getting into children and children's issues
specifically, here are some sites for more general sociological leads on the
Internet:
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The SocioWeb
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WWW
Virtual Library: Sociology
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Kearl's
Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace
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Sociology
Links
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American Studies at
The University of Virginia
SOME PLACES
FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
ON THE WEB
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Art, Poetry, and
Comments from Children Around the World
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Band-Aides
and Blackboards: When Chronic Illness Goes to School
Children Caring: Children Sharing--Share Your Soles
- Free The Children: An International Network of Children Helping Children
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- What Kids Can
Do: Voices and Work from the Next Generation
For some sites on behalf of our children:
- SOCIOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH
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- Administration for Children
and Families
- Alliance for
Transforming the Lives of Children
- American
Academy of Pediatrics, Advocacy Page
- Annie E. Casey Foundation
- Child
Advocacy
- Children
of the Colonias
- Children's Defense
Fund
- Child Trends
- Child Trends
Databank
- Coalition
for America's Children
- Families
USA
- History
of Child Labor
- Idea Central:
Welfare and Families
- Joint
Center for Poverty Research
- National Campaign
to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
- National
Center for Children in Poverty
- Prevent
Child Abuse America
- Save
the Children
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Texas Department of Family and Protective Services--Child
Protection
- Texas
Kids Count
- United
Nations Cyber School Bus--Global Trends
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United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization
- UNICEF
- UNICEF--State of the World's Children 2007
- U.S.
Bureau of the Census
- War-Affected
Children
- War Child--Helping
Innocent Victims
- Welfare
Policy Center
-
The Future
of Children
-
Children:
Pictures
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Children, Youth and Family
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Elizabeth
Huth Coates Library at Trinity University is (for our size) one of
the finest libraries in the world. As many quality libraries, it
has an impressive variety of items accessible via the WWW. While
some databases require an ID and password (available from librarians),
others resources are available online.
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Sheryl R. Tynes, Ph.D.
Associate
V.P. for Academic Affairs and Professor of
Sociology
Trinity University
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San Antonio, Texas 78212
Phone: (210) 999-8201
e-mail (stynes@trinity.edu)
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