Recognizing that the sociological analysis does not pay much attention to children does not prevent them from suffering from and participating in the permanent evolution of society. As social subjects, children participate in their own socialization, as well as in the reproduction and changes of society. To participate in the necessary building of a Sociology of Childhood, I will propose four interconnected approaches: 1) The social segregation of ages and uncertainty about the period of childhood; 2) The tendency to promote collective structures outside of families; 3) The changes and contradictions in the conceptions of childhood; 4) The generalized interest for premature education.
Socialization; Children; Sociology of childhood