In this introductory article, I provide an overview of the genesis for the special subsection, situate it in the existing Value of Children literature and highlight major contributions of papers in this collection. The articles contribute to existing scholarship in at least three ways. First, they expand the concept of the value of children by incorporating new value dimensions and new mechanisms that shape child values in contemporary Asia. Second, this collection advances a broader research agenda beyond demography by linking it with mainstream sociological inquiries, including family changes and fertility trends, intergenerational relationships, parenting, gender dynamics and social stratification. Finally, the articles reveal heterogeneous, hybrid and complex patterns of value changes and their social impact rooted in historically and culturally specific trajectories of modernization in different contexts, thus challenging the dominant discourse of a linear economic-emotional value progression in existing literature.

在这篇介绍性文章中，我概述了该特殊小节的起因，将其置于现有的《儿童价值》文献中，并重点介绍该收藏中论文的主要贡献。这些文章至少以三种方式为现有奖学金做出了贡献。首先，他们通过结合新的价值维度和塑造当代亚洲儿童价值的新机制，扩展了儿童价值的概念。其次，该收藏集将其与主流社会学研究联系起来，从而推动了除人口统计之外的更广泛的研究议程，其中包括家庭变化和生育率趋势，代际关系，育儿，性别动态和社会分层。最后，文章揭示了异质性，