This article explores methodological and ethical issues of researching with children, drawing on a project exploring children’s perceptions of having a mother studying in Higher Education. While most prior research concentrates on a mother’s view of her children, this article uniquely focuses on children’s views on their mother. From analysis of the data and reflections on the research experience, the following themes emerged, the benefits and challenges of using drawing or Skype as a research method and ethical issues when working with children. Reflecting a view of children as competent and knowledgeable participants within research, I argue that children should be given opportunities to discuss a range of topics that concern them and advocate doing research ‘with’ rather than ‘on’ children. Throughout this article, the children’s and mothers’ voices are interjected to provide a narrative offering insights into family life from a child’s perspective thus revealing the impact of this research on the mother.

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使用Skype访谈和绘画与孩子进行研究：探讨了方法论和道德问题

本文探讨了与儿童进行研究的方法论和道德问题，并借鉴了一个探索儿童对有母亲在高等教育中学习的看法的项目。虽然大多数先前的研究都集中在母亲对孩子的看法上，但本文只着重于孩子对母亲的看法。通过对数据的分析和对研究经验的反思，出现了以下主题，使用绘图或Skype作为研究方法的好处和挑战以及与儿童一起工作时的道德问题。我认为儿童是研究中能干且知识渊博的参与者的观点，我认为应该给儿童提供机会来讨论与他们有关的一系列主题，并倡导“与儿童一起”而不是“对儿童”进行研究。在整篇文章中，