Discusses the presence of children's voices within three types of writing on childhood, and outlines the ethics, roles, and tools employed to discover these voices. Suggests that researchers can discover a variety of children's voices by employing reflexive techniques to ensure that interpretations are not influenced by personal prejudice or the…

Discusses ways that family policy conceptions of stability for children are tied to a particular family form and to maintaining continuity in biological parenting obligations, while parenting research has focused on measuring consequences of changing family forms for children. Asserts that stepfamily members have more complex understandings about…

Considers the competing demands placed on evaluators in relation to the service (characteristics of the intervention), the sample (people participating), and methodology or research design. Explores compromises that may be required between scientific ideals and real-world limitations, and assesses implications for obtaining meaningful results in…