I have concept of myself as child as author: Authorship in Children based on the lived experience of children as authors of Tehran institute of Intellectual Development Center

The self-concept of the child as author is a very important topic in today's studies of childhood. Through the lens of the sociology of childhood, a new definition of childhood has been created, shedding light on the interactions between adults and children in society. It emphasizes a new approach that recognizes the child as a being, not just a becoming. This study aims to investigate the phenomenon of children as authors from the modern sociology of children's perspective.

This is a qualitative research study in the descriptive phenomenology and the method of sampling is also qualitative method and based on the rule of theoretical saturation, in determining the sample size, in qualitative researches. Unstructured in-depth study was used and thirty-five samples were selected from among the children of the of Tehran institute of Intellectual Development Center. The research findings were analyzed using Colizzi's method and Max qda 2020 software.

This article is based on twenty open codes from the interviews in the form of two separate sub-categories titled: self-concept of children as authors from the main code of thinking process in Authorship and family supports from the main code of contexts of support.

The narrative pertaining to the self-conception of children as authors, is very interesting. This article is primarily founded upon the accounts of children's authorship experiences. At every stage of a child's growth and development, a self-concept of their authorship is established, which effects their personal lives.