Doris Bühler-Niederberger is Professor of Sociology at the University of Wuppertal, Germany. Her recent research projects and publications have concerned childhood as a domain of professional, moral and political interest and images of childhood and children in public and professional debates.Lars Alberth is Research Associate at the Institute for Sociology, Leibniz University, Germany. His research comprises studies on symbolic fabrication of social categories through the lens of organizations and professions, especially gender and generation in child protection as well as social inequalities.