Breugnot, Christine

Separating does not mean coercion: Essential pathways in foster care - 2025.


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This article shares relational approaches that help improve the emotional security of children in foster care. The support provided to the children shifts when the guidance given to the foster care team takes on a pedagogical dimension. The transformation of the foster carer profession is bringing about new effects and paradoxes that must be acknowledged. What role should these caregivers play—those closest to the children being cared for and most involved in their daily lives?