Researching Children: Are we getting it right? A discussion of ethics

This paper asserts that children are playing increasingly prominent roles in society, and they are therefore likely to attract more research.

Researching Children: Are we getting it right? A discussion of ethics

Barbie Clarke,Family Kids and Youth

Agnes NairnEM-Lyon Business School

ABSTRACT

As the role of children in society becomes more prominent, their participation in research seems set to increase. In this paper we review whether we are getting the ethics of children's research right. We show that children are universally treated as a special case and that they have been accorded their own special set of human rights (UNCRC) which primarily grants them rights to protection and participation. We go on to argue (with practical examples) that the...

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