Studying childhood

Reading about childhood in varied cultures has been a rich experience as I prepare to visit Thailand and India to study childhood in these settings more closely.  I find myself clarifying the scope of study.    Currently I'm most fascinated about how children develop their social and ecological competency, how they acquire their understanding of the culture around them, the impacts of parenting and schooling, children's roles in the family and community dynamics and their development of gender identities and agency.   

As we travel in both Thailand and India, we are also likely to be able to view the impacts of globalization and possibly the disruptions to long held cultural patterns that globalization has manifested.