Introduction: Researching Children and Childhood - Cultures of Communication 1. Subjects, Objects or Participants?: Dilemma of Psychological Research with Children 2. The Child as Social Actor in Historical Sources: Problems of Identification and Interpretation 3. Zeitgeist Research on Childhood 4. Children as Respondents: The Challenge of Quantitative Methods 5. Conversations with Children: Working with Generational Issues 6. The Development of Participatory Techniques: Facilitating Children's Views about Decisions which Affect Them 7. Childhood Diversity and Commonality: Some Methodological Insights 8. Ethnography with Children 9. Entering and Observing in Children's Worlds 10. Internet-Based Research: Interactive Quantitative Techniques and Designs 11. Evidence Reviews 12. Children as Researchers: The Effects of Participation Rights on Research Methodology 13. Ethics in Research with Children