ABSTRACT
Knowledge is always entangled with power (Foucault 1977), but especially so when we exercise the authority to make judgements about other people. And of course, adults are constantly making judgements about children. From a very early age, we tell them they are good or naughty, we praise them for being strong or clever, we approve and disapprove. These judgements can be more or less benign, but they invariably serve to mould children, to a degree, into the hegemonic norms of the contemporary adult society.
