Editor's Introduction James Marten This issue explores a new field for the JHCY: the ways in which museums have examined the lives of children, and the ways in which children have engaged museums. Loren Lerner suggested this special issue more than a year ago, and she's done a great job bringing together historians and museum professionals whose work spans hundreds of years and museums in half a dozen countries. Her Guest Editor's Introduction will offer more details and context about the issue. As this issue went to press, we learned that Julia M. Gossard won the 2017 JHCY "Best Article" Prize for "Tattletails: Childhood and Authority in Eighteenth-Century France," which appeared in the second issue of volume 10. More information can be found on the JHCY website. This is my last issue as editor of the JHCY. Linda Mahood, professor of history at the University of Guelph, took over on July 1 of this year. Linda is a historian of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Canada and Britain. Her books include Thumbing a Ride: Hitchhiking, Hosteling and Counter Culture in Canada, (UBC Press, Spring 2018); Feminism and Voluntary Action: Eglantyne Jebb and Save the Children, 1876–1928 (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009); Policing Gender, Class and Family, 1850–1945 (London: University College London Press, 1995); and The Magdalenes: Prostitution in the Nineteenth Century (London: Routledge, 1990). I enjoyed working with her during the transition last summer and I have no doubt that the journal will continue its tradition of quality under her leadership. I have a few thank yous to make: Nick Syrett and Cori field for their good work as book review editors; Allison Smith and Lauren Marten Parker for their excellent copy-editing and proofreading, respectively; Mary Muhler and Bill Breichner at Johns Hopkins University Press; the JHCY editorial board and SHCY Executive Committee for their advice and support; and the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences for five years of funding for the journal. [End Page 287] Stepping down as editor marks an end to seventeen years as an officer in the Society for the History of Children and Youth, which I had the privilege to help found with many friends and colleagues in 2000 (we held our first conference at my university in 2001). Working to build the Society and, later, serving as the journal's second editor, have been among the more meaningful experiences of my professional life. Indeed, my relationship with the SHCY has lasted for well over half of my career as a historian. In the same way that I look forward to seeing Linda make her own imprint on the journal, I look forward to seeing the next generation of leaders take the SHCY in new and important directions. I'll close with the words of another founder of the Society, Joe Hawes, who said long ago that "Childhood is where you catch a culture in high relief." I think for many of us, the task of explaining human history through the lens of childhood is a sacred obligation, and it's been—and will continue to be—a privilege to share that responsibility with all of you. [End Page 288] Copyright © 2018 Johns Hopkins University Press