Sociological Ambivalence: Relationships between Birth Parents and Foster Parents
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Sociological Ambivalence : Relationships between Birth Parents and Foster Parents . / Järvinen, Margaretha; Luckow, Stine .
I: Sociology, Bind 54, Nr. 4, 2020, s. 825-841.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Sociological Ambivalence
T2 - Relationships between Birth Parents and Foster Parents
AU - Järvinen, Margaretha
AU - Luckow, Stine
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Inspired by Merton and Barber’s sociological theory on ambivalence, this article analyses ‘co-parenting’ between foster parents and birth parents as prototypes of ambivalent relationships; that is, relationships based on incompatible role requirements. This incompatibility is rooted in the conflicts between (a) the professional role of foster carers and their emotional involvement in the child in their care, and (b) the status of birth parents as ‘failed parents’ (from the perspective of the authorities) and their continuous aspirations to get their child home again. The article is based on qualitative interviews with foster parents and birth parents of children in foster care in Denmark. We show how the structural ambivalence is associated with difficulties, for both foster parents and birth parents, in translating the principle of ‘the best interest of the child’ into concrete practice in out-of-home placements.
AB - Inspired by Merton and Barber’s sociological theory on ambivalence, this article analyses ‘co-parenting’ between foster parents and birth parents as prototypes of ambivalent relationships; that is, relationships based on incompatible role requirements. This incompatibility is rooted in the conflicts between (a) the professional role of foster carers and their emotional involvement in the child in their care, and (b) the status of birth parents as ‘failed parents’ (from the perspective of the authorities) and their continuous aspirations to get their child home again. The article is based on qualitative interviews with foster parents and birth parents of children in foster care in Denmark. We show how the structural ambivalence is associated with difficulties, for both foster parents and birth parents, in translating the principle of ‘the best interest of the child’ into concrete practice in out-of-home placements.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - birth parents
KW - co-parenting
KW - foster care
KW - foster parents
KW - qualitative interviews
KW - sociological ambivalence
KW - the best interest of the child
U2 - 10.1177/0038038519896937
DO - 10.1177/0038038519896937
M3 - Journal article
VL - 54
SP - 825
EP - 841
JO - Sociology
JF - Sociology
SN - 0038-0385
IS - 4
ER -
ID: 232006525