Family identities in childhood protection
Clergeau, Sandrine
Family identities in childhood protection - 2023.
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“Family identities in childhood protection.” Starting from the definition of P. Ricoeur’s narrative identity, the author expands this notion from a family perspective. A family, just like an individual, is defined as a stable entity – consistent over time while also claiming its singularity – by its own narrative. What about childhood protection when a child is placed by court order, leaving their parental home for a new one ? Affecting among other things the habitat, the Family Self is hurt. Beyond physical separation, the whole family identity is challenged; for the children and their family but also for the professionals and foster families hosting, receiving and making decisions for/with them. We can then speak of family identities in the plural as these experiences produce altering effects on the identities of each and all, including institutions.
Family identities in childhood protection - 2023.
91
“Family identities in childhood protection.” Starting from the definition of P. Ricoeur’s narrative identity, the author expands this notion from a family perspective. A family, just like an individual, is defined as a stable entity – consistent over time while also claiming its singularity – by its own narrative. What about childhood protection when a child is placed by court order, leaving their parental home for a new one ? Affecting among other things the habitat, the Family Self is hurt. Beyond physical separation, the whole family identity is challenged; for the children and their family but also for the professionals and foster families hosting, receiving and making decisions for/with them. We can then speak of family identities in the plural as these experiences produce altering effects on the identities of each and all, including institutions.
Réseaux sociaux