Children’s understandings of well-being. Towards a child standpoint

This peer-reviewed book explores how children themselves understand and experience well-being, rather than relying solely on adult or expert definitions. The work advocates for a child standpoint approach that centers children's own perspectives and voices in well-being research and policy. The book presents research findings on children's conceptualizations of well-being across different contexts.

Key points

• Children have their own distinct understandings of well-being that differ from adult perspectives
• A child standpoint approach is needed to understand well-being from children's own viewpoints
• Children's voices and perspectives should be central to well-being research and policy development

Limitations

The metadata and abstract provide limited information about the specific research methods, countries studied, or detailed findings. The document does not include outcome data or evaluation of specific interventions that would allow for an evidence assessment.