 Whereas childhood studies claims as its major focus "to understand childhood", the field of children's studies made from its beginnings the ontological claim that children must be viewed in their fullness as human beings, as a generational and social class in all their civil, political, social, economic and cultural dimensions.In this wider and encompassing context, the study of "childhood" is viewed as a subfield of children's studies.It is also important to note that from its beginnings, the human rights of children represented a major framework for the new and interdisciplinary field of children's studies.