Treating Children Like People A Framework For Research And Agency By Melton

In the article, “Treating Children like People a Framework for Research and Agency” Melton discusses the research process in depth and how one makes meaning from their research with young people. He discusses the UNCRC and its policies and how there is a tendency to look at what everyone knows opposed to the child themselves (Melton, 647). This tendency tends to reflect the adult centric approach and reinforces the notion that adults know what is best for children. Without every giving regard for children themselves and their voices. When discussing the research process, Melton notes that it is important for children to have a say and be treated politely (650). After all, children should have a say in something that is directly affecting their

It does so through the study of different types of literature and explores how spaces are occupied. The article describes a secret place as somewhere where children feel both connected (internally to place and self) and disconnected (externally from rules, adults, and daily routines), and they are able to observe the world without being observed (Strum, Bosman and Lambert, 84). Its a place where they can truly be themselves without any outside influences. Through this research process the authors were able to explore why children created secret spaces, what the characteristics of the spaces were, and how children experienced these spaces (Strum, Bosman and Lambert, 87). Through this discovery one was able to gain deeper understanding into the role secret spaces play in young people’s lives. One reason for why children might create a secret space is control as it is something they may lack in their everyday lives (Strum, Bosman and Lambert, 88). In this secret space, children are able to take control and be in charge of the narrative and the power rests with them. Finally, the article describes how secret spaces can be viewed as both mirrors and windows. As mirrors shelter children from the outside world and require children to look closer at themselves while windows allow children to view the outside world and reconnect with it (Strum, Bosman and Lambert, 99). This is important as it allows children to choose how they can occupy these