'This is essential reading for early childhood professionals, students and parents as it introduces radical new ways of thinking about fundamental issues in early childhood.' - Caroline Barratt-Pugh, Edith Cowan University'I admire Rethinking Parent and Child Conflict a great deal, and I think this is an important book that should be read by anyone working and researching with children and families.' - Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood

• 1. Parent and Child Conflict as a Modernist Understanding 2. Parent and Child Conflict as Social Control and Regulation 3. Parent and Child Conflict as Relationships of Power 4. Researching with Families 5. Gendered Conflict 6. School Is In 7. Tidying 8. Daily Living as Normalization and Regulation