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Lee, Nick – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1999
Reports three case studies on the position of children within adult institutions, focusing on difficulties surrounding children speaking for themselves. Argues that adult institutions are unable to decide the status of children's utterances, and that institutional deferral pushes the burden of ambiguity onto children's shoulders, thereby making…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, Child Role, Childhood Attitudes