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Children's Customs

Children's Customs is a singular academic concept within the field of Children's Folklore denoting a genre of recurrent, socially transmitted practices and rituals enacted by children in peer groups, distinguished by their informal, rule-governed nature and their role in establishing social norms, group identity, and cultural continuity among child communities.

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8.9K

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145

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61

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2017–2026

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102

The Developmental Niche: A Conceptualization at the Interface of Child and Culture

Charles M. Super, Sara Harkness · International Journal of Behavioral Development · 1986 · 1.5K citations

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Folkways, a Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores and Morals

William Graham Sumner · The American Journal of Psychology · 1907 · 1.1K citations

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Children's Experience of Place

Roger M. Downs, Roger A. Hart · Geographical Review · 1980 · 860 citations

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The Kindness of Strangers: The Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance

Cecilia Benoit, John Boswell · The Canadian Journal of Sociology · 1990 · 401 citations · Full text

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Folkways. A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals

William I. Thomas, William Graham Sumner · The American Historical Review · 1907 · 360 citations

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Authors

145

  1. PR
    Pamela Reynolds

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    3 publications · 245 citations

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  2. DW
    David W. Shwalb

    Southern Utah University, United States

    2 publications · 42 citations

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  3. BJ
    Barbara J. Shwalb

    University of Michigan, United States

    2 publications · 42 citations

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  4. WW
    W. W. Newell

    2 publications · 117 citations

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  5. WG
    William Graham Sumner

    2 publications · 1.4K citations

    2

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Institutions

61

  1. University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    117 citations

  2. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    276 citations

  3. Cardiff University

    Cardiff, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    124 citations

  4. City University of New York

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    967 citations

  5. Charles Sturt University

    Bathurst, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    65 citations

  6. Syracuse University

    Syracuse, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

  7. Judge Baker Children's Center

    Boston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. New Jersey Turnpike Authority

    Woodbridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 6 publications · 349 citations

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  2. Childhood

    3 publications · 165 citations

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  3. Journal of American Folklore

    JAF · 3 publications · 197 citations

    3

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  4. Western Folklore

    3 publications · 59 citations

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  5. Medical Entomology and Zoology

    2 publications · 46 citations

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