Barrie Thorne is a professor emerita of Sociology and Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. She is a former Vice President of the American Sociological Association and served for ten years as the US editor of the journal Childhood. In 2022, she received the American Sociological Association’s Jessie Bernard Award for lifelong achievement in opening sociology to the role of women in society. Her many books include Feminist Sociology and Rethinking the Family. Michael A. Messner is a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He is the author or editor of many books, including Some Men: Feminist Allies and the Movement to End Violence Against Women, King of the Wild Suburb:  A Memoir of Fathers, Sons and Guns, and No Slam Dunk: Gender, Sport and the Unevenness of Social Change (Rutgers University Press).Raewyn Connell is a professor emerita of sociology at the University of Sydney and the author of fifteen books, including Making the Difference, Gender and Power, and Masculinities. CJ Pascoe is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Oregon where she teaches courses on sexuality, education, social psychology, and inequality. She is the author of Nice is Not Enough: Inequality and the Limits of Kindness at American High.

“This anniversary edition is a reminder of why Thorne's book is a classic in the fields of childhood studies, education, and feminist scholarship, one which treats kids and their play with the seriousness they deserve. Beautiful reflections from Michael Messner, Raewyn Connell, and CJ Pascoe make plain that we should listen closely to kids and all the lessons the book has to offer.” - Freeden Blume Oeur, author of Black Boys Apart: Racial Uplift and Respectability in All-Male Public Schools

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction by Raewyn Connell and Michael A. Messner1 Children and Gender2 Learning from Kids3 Boys and Girls Together . . . But Mostly Apart4 Gender Separation: Why and How5 Creating a Sense of “Opposite Sides”6 Do Girls and Boys Have Different Cultures?7 Crossing the Gender Divide8 Lip Gloss and “Goin’ With”: Becoming Teens9 Lessons for AdultsAfterword by C. J. Pascoe NotesReferencesIndex

Barrie Thorne is a professor emerita of Sociology and Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. She is a former Vice President of the American Sociological Association and served for ten years as the US editor of the journal Childhood. In 2022, she received the American Sociological Association’s Jessie Bernard Award for lifelong achievement in opening sociology to the role of women in society. Her many books include Feminist Sociology and Rethinking the Family. Michael A. Messner is a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He is the author or editor of many books, including Some Men: Feminist Allies and the Movement to End Violence Against Women, King of the Wild Suburb:  A Memoir of Fathers, Sons and Guns, and No Slam Dunk: Gender, Sport and the Unevenness of Social Change (Rutgers University Press).Raewyn Connell is a professor emerita of sociology at the University of Sydney and the author of fifteen books, including Making the Difference, Gender and Power, and Masculinities. CJ Pascoe is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Oregon where she teaches courses on sexuality, education, social psychology, and inequality. She is the author of Nice is Not Enough: Inequality and the Limits of Kindness at American High.

“This anniversary edition is a reminder of why Thorne's book is a classic in the fields of childhood studies, education, and feminist scholarship, one which treats kids and their play with the seriousness they deserve. Beautiful reflections from Michael Messner, Raewyn Connell, and CJ Pascoe make plain that we should listen closely to kids and all the lessons the book has to offer.” - Freeden Blume Oeur, author of Black Boys Apart: Racial Uplift and Respectability in All-Male Public Schools

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction by Raewyn Connell and Michael A. Messner1 Children and Gender2 Learning from Kids3 Boys and Girls Together . . . But Mostly Apart4 Gender Separation: Why and How5 Creating a Sense of “Opposite Sides”6 Do Girls and Boys Have Different Cultures?7 Crossing the Gender Divide8 Lip Gloss and “Goin’ With”: Becoming Teens9 Lessons for AdultsAfterword by C. J. Pascoe NotesReferencesIndex

Barrie Thorne is a professor emerita of Sociology and Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. She is a former Vice President of the American Sociological Association and served for ten years as the US editor of the journal Childhood. In 2022, she received the American Sociological Association’s Jessie Bernard Award for lifelong achievement in opening sociology to the role of women in society. Her many books include Feminist Sociology and Rethinking the Family. Michael A. Messner is a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He is the author or editor of many books, including Some Men: Feminist Allies and the Movement to End Violence Against Women, King of the Wild Suburb:  A Memoir of Fathers, Sons and Guns, and No Slam Dunk: Gender, Sport and the Unevenness of Social Change (Rutgers University Press).Raewyn Connell is a professor emerita of sociology at the University of Sydney and the author of fifteen books, including Making the Difference, Gender and Power, and Masculinities. CJ Pascoe is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Oregon where she teaches courses on sexuality, education, social psychology, and inequality. She is the author of Nice is Not Enough: Inequality and the Limits of Kindness at American High.

“This anniversary edition is a reminder of why Thorne's book is a classic in the fields of childhood studies, education, and feminist scholarship, one which treats kids and their play with the seriousness they deserve. Beautiful reflections from Michael Messner, Raewyn Connell, and CJ Pascoe make plain that we should listen closely to kids and all the lessons the book has to offer.” - Freeden Blume Oeur, author of Black Boys Apart: Racial Uplift and Respectability in All-Male Public Schools

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction by Raewyn Connell and Michael A. Messner1 Children and Gender2 Learning from Kids3 Boys and Girls Together . . . But Mostly Apart4 Gender Separation: Why and How5 Creating a Sense of “Opposite Sides”6 Do Girls and Boys Have Different Cultures?7 Crossing the Gender Divide8 Lip Gloss and “Goin’ With”: Becoming Teens9 Lessons for AdultsAfterword by C. J. Pascoe NotesReferencesIndex