Childhood studies or children's studies (CS) is a multidisciplinary field that seeks to understand the experience of childhood, both historically and in the contemporary world. CS views childhood as a complex social phenomenon[1] with an emphasis on children's agency as social actors,[2] and acknowledges that childhood is socially constructed as the concept of childhood is not universal.[1] CS draws on scholarship in the social sciences (specifically anthropology, economics, history, and sociology), the humanities (especially literature, religion, philosophy,[3] and the fine arts), and the behavioral sciences (with an emphasis on psychology).
^ abJames, Allison; James, Adrian (2008). Key Concepts in Childhood Studies. Sage Publications. p. 19.
^Qvortrup, Jens.; Corsaro, William A.; Honig, Michael-Sebastian, eds. (2009). The Palgrave handbook of childhood studies. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN9780230274686. OCLC593274059.
^Matthews, Gareth; Mullin, Amy (2018), "The Philosophy of Childhood", in Zalta, Edward N. (ed.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2018 ed.), Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, retrieved 2020-01-17
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