Studying pre-adolescents: An autoethnographic account of a Parent-as-Researcher

Adriana Schneider Dallolio

This article advances the methodological perspective toward studying children, articulating parent- as-researcher (PAR) and children as co-researchers to generate high levels of novel discovery, especially in sensitive subjects related to this vulnerable group.

Introduction

This paper argues for more participatory, qualitative research when studying children's consumption to overcome power imbalances during the research process and deeply access children's experiences (Spyrou, 2011). It introduces the parent-as-researcher (PAR) inquiry (Adler & Adler, 1996) and children as co-researchers (Kellett, 2011) as alternatives to add to current methods of studying children.

Indeed, children's limited participation in research can be explained by the fact that researching children's consumption is more challenging than researching children within fields such as sociology and education, in which children-centered research emerged amidst a rich methodological discussion (Horgan, 2017). Sociology and education are recognized...

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