"Wells offers an interesting, astute and highly accessible analysis of the interconnections between liberalism, racism and the creation of the child subject. Her work compels Childhood Studies to become more self-critical."Sarada Balagopalan, Rutgers University "This original and provocative book has the potential to shift several key paradigms within Childhood Studies and set the agenda for future debates. Focusing on the interplay between the biological and the social, the book offers new and challenging ways of theorizing childhoods."Heather Montgomery, The Open University