1. Before the Wars: Memories of Childhood in the Pre-Soviet Era Amina Kator-Mubarez
2. Narratives of Afghan Childhood: Risk, Resilience, and the Experiences that Shape the Development of Afghanistan as a People and a Nation Anne E. Brodsky
3. Jumping Rope in Prison: The Representation of Afghan Children in Film Teresa Cutler-Broyles
PART II ─ Ties that Bind: The Family in Rebound
4. Love, Fear, and Discipline in Afghan Families Deborah J. Smith
5. Children Who Live with Their Mothers in Prison Esther Hyneman
6. Little Brides and Bridegrooms: Systemic Failure, Cultural Response Sharifa Sharif
PART III ─ Survival by Any Means Possible
7. Confronting Child Labor in Afghanistan Amanda Sim
8. The Parakeet Boys: Performing Education in the Streets of Kabul Wahid Omar
9. Child Soldiering in Afghanistan Delphine Boutin
10. Legal Protection: Offering Aid and Comfort Hangama Anwari (click hereto read this chapter in Dari, translated by Mirwais Amani) PART IV ─ To be Whole in Mind and Body
11. Children’s Health: The Challenge of Survival Steven Solter
12. Food Security and Nutrition for Afghan Children Fitsum Assefa, Annalies Borrel, and Charlotte Dufour
13. Desperately Seeking Harun: Children with Disabilities Lael Adams Mohib
14. “Life Feeds on Hope”: Family Mental Health, Culture, and Resilience in Afghanistan Mark Eggerman and Catherine Panter-Brick
PART V ─ Education: Nurturing the Future
15. Education in Transition: A Key Concern for Young Returnees Mamiko Saito
16. Primary and Secondary Education: Exponential Growth and Prospects for the Future Omar Qargha
17. Music and Literacy: A New Approach to Education in Afghanistan Louise Pascale
PART VI ─ Communicating Empowerment
18. “Thanks God for the Twitter and the Facebook! Thanks God for That!” Lauryn Oates
19. The New Storytellers of Afghanistan Joanna Sherman
20. Six Epiphanies: Testament to Change from Inside an Afghan Orphanage Ian Pounds
Epilogue Imagining the Future Ashraf Zahedi
Selected Bibliography and Filmography About the Contributors Index