Comprising over thirty chapters by a team of international contributors, this volume is essential reading for students and researchers in the philosophy of childhood, ethics, social and political philosophy. The Handbook will also be  useful to those in related fields, such as education, psychology, sociology, social policy, "An excellent and timely collection. Individually thethirty-six chapters are authoritative and state of the art. Together they provide a comprehensive overview of the huge amount of recent philosophical work on children."Adam Swift, University of Warwick, UK."This volume provides an extraordinarily helpful starting point for philosophically informed conversations about children and childhood. The five sections are easily navigable, and thethirty-six original essays cover a remarkably broad domain of questions. Anyone teaching or writing on children will find this book to be an essential resource."Tamar Schapiro, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA