Children are "newcomers in the social sciences," the authors of this book tell us. The fourteen contributors explore childhood behavior in many cultures-from the old Polish ghetto to Bali, contemporary Russia, Western Europe, and America. Here are studies of parents and children in a French park; of Soviet child-rearing literature; of a classical Chinese children's tale; of German school children's compositions on moral themes; and of a range of child heroes in contemporary American and European films. The essays illustrate a number of ways in which children can be studied and show how materials-mode by, for, or about children-can be analyzed for the better understanding of child-rearing.