This presentation was made at the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology conference in Norfolk, VA in 2018. It provides an introduction to a course designed to reduce violence in the lives of children. It also explores the roots of a pedagogy designed to link student experiences as children with their learning of social science of child maltreatment following the… Read more →
Category: Writings About Childhood
Interdisciplinary Contributions to Prevention of Child Maltreatment and Traditional Child Welfare, Co Authored with Karen A. Polonko, 2004.
A Virtual Presentation for 4th Annual Conference for Interdisciplinary Social Sciences , Athens, Greece, 2004. Read more →
Enlightened Witness: Reasserting Humanity in the Face of Violence at the Beginning of the 21st Century – 2004 (Co-Authored with Karen A. Polonko)
Abstract This paper builds on the foundational work of two great humanists who provide transformative lessons from confrontations with violence: Elie Wiesel who confronts the death camps of Nazi Germany and Alice Miller who confronts the ‘poisonous pedagogy’ of childhood discipline. On this foundation, we explore ways to incorporate these humanizing processes and transformative lessons for our students into three… Read more →
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD – 2014 (Co-Authored with Karen A. Polonko)
Abstract : This study seeks to contribute to knowledge of the implementation of the U.N Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Focus was restricted to one of eight General Measures of Implementation – involvement of civil society, in particular, non-government organisations (NGOS), in the implementation and monitoring of the CRC. The study had three aims: (1) to develop initial… Read more →
Interdisciplinary Contributions to The Understanding of Child Maltreatment – 2010 (Co-Authored with Karen A. Polonko)
Abstract: Interdisciplinarity at its core involves epistemologically reconceptualizing a problem and challenging discipline/s within which the problem is embedded. This paper attempts to show how research on child maltreatment within disciplines can be integrated within the context of new paradigm that epistemologically challenges the prevailing traditional paradigm within individual disciplines and reconceptualizes the problem of child maltreatment, leading to new insights… Read more →
Law Reform, Child Maltreatment and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child – 2016 (Co-Authored with Karen A. Polonko and Ian Bolling)
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS “Law Reform, Child Maltreatment and the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child”, Karen A. Polonko, PhD; Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA, USA; kpolonko@odu.edu; Lucien X. Lombardo, PhD. Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA,USA, llombard@odu.edu; Ian Bolling, MA, JD, Tidewater Community College, Norfolk, VA USA, ibolling@odu.edu Abstract Scholars and practitioners stress the need for… Read more →
Peace Education and Childhood: Helping Adults Connect with their Childhoods to Connect with Children – 2015 (Co-Authored with Karen A. Polonko)
Peace studies and peace education are multifaceted processes focusing on diverse audiences from children in elementary grades to those involved in political negotiations at the highest levels. This paper addresses the foundational importance of including conflict embedded in adult-child relationships in peace education.It conceptually grounds assignments for university level courses designed to teach concepts linked to peace education through the… Read more →
Comparative Analysis of US and Human Rights Approach to Corporal Punishment Law – 2005 (Co-Authored with Karen A. Polonko)
Human Dignity and Childhood: Operationalizing a Human Rights Concept (Co-Authored with Karen A. Polonko) 2005
This is an exploratory study of perceptions of human dignity in childhood as recalled by young adults. Our goal is to discover the range of dimensions, sources and experiences, both those that supported and violated, of the concept of human dignity. This research, drawing on responses from over two hundred university students, may help to develop a language with which… Read more →
Raising Public Awareness through Discussions of Childhood Experiences with Human Dignity – 2019
This Workshop was presented at the Prevent Child Abuse American Meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 18, 2019. THe workshop was designed to help participants see the importance of discussions of their own childhood experiences where they felt their human dignity was supported and violated by adults in their lives. Read more →