Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Foreword xi
5. Preface xv
6. Introduction: Ain’t I a Person? 1
7. Chapter 1. How to Think about Childhood 15
8. Chapter 2. How to Think about Children’s Rights 29
9. Part I. The Privacy Principle: Stories of Bondage and Belonging
10. Chapter 3. Boys in Slavery and Servitude 51
11. Chapter 4. Girls at the Intersection of Age, Race, and Gender 75
12. Chapter 5. Growing Up in State Custody 93
13. Part II. The Agency Principle: Stories of Voice and Participation
14. Chapter 6. The Printer’s Apprentice 111
15. Chapter 7. Youth in the Civil Rights Movement 133
16. Part III. The Equality Principle: Stories of Equal Opportunity
17. Chapter 8. Old Maids and Little Women 159
18. Chapter 9. Breaking the Prison of Disability 180
19. Part IV. The Dignity Principle: Stories of Resistance and Resilience
20. Chapter 10. Hide and Survive 213
21. Chapter 11. Children at Work 234
22. Part V. The Protection Principle: Stories of Guilt and Innocence
23. Chapter 12. Telling the Scariest Secrets 259
24. Chapter 13. Age and the Idea of Innocence 279
25. Conclusion: The Future of Rights 304
26. Notes 315
27. Bibliography 337
28. Index 349