Outlining sociologyOs distinctive contribution to childhood studies and our understanding of contemporary children and childhood,aThe Sociology of Children, Childhood and Generationaprovides a thought provoking and comprehensive account of the connections between the macro worlds of childhood and the micro worlds of childrenOs everyday lives.Examining childrenOs involvement in areas such as the labour market, family life, education, play and leisure, theabook provides an effective balance between understanding childhood as a structural phenomenon, and recognising children as meaning makers actively involved in constructing, co-constructing and reconstructing their everyday lives.Through the concept of generagency Madeleine Leonard offers a model for examining and illuminating how structure and agency are activated within interdependent relationships influenced by generational positioning. This framework provides a conceptual tool for thinking about the continuities, challenges and changes that impact on how childhood is lived and experienced.