"Det kvittar om hon ser ut som en glasögonorm och har mjölkmustasch" : barn berättar om sin syn på kärlek och relationer till jämnåriga

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The purpose of this paper was, from a starting point of children??s own perspectives and a perspective of gender, to find out what love and relations to peers mean to children. The main questions were: What does friendship mean to children?, Are there any differences in the way boys and girls look at and handle love and relations?, In what way do children express their feelings about love and friendship?, How do feelings of friendship and love, and their opposite, come to be expressed in action between boys and girls? and Are children, according to themselves, able to talk to adults about love and feelings? I used qualitative methods in form of essays and interviews in pairs. The results showed that love and relations are very important to children. They express many feelings as joy and sadness depending on their experiences. Children are very much aware of the opposite gender and they clearly differ between love and friendship. ...