How I care: foster fathers recount their experiences of caring for children

This chapter examines the ambiguity of the foster parent role in the post-World War II period, looking particularly at analogies to other kinds of parenting. It explores efforts by child welfare professionals to reconcile their ambivalent feelings about foster parents through the creation and promotion of national standards for foster care and foster parenting. The chapter looks closely at professional writings about the foster mother role and the reasons why foster fathers received so little attention. It also examines the ways in which foster parents resisted their proscribed role, notably through attempting to adopt children in their care.

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Foster fathers: their experiences and contributions to fostering

Child & Family Social Work ◽

10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00443.x ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 22-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Kate Wilson ◽

Rachel Fyson ◽

Simon Newstone

Keyword(s):

Foster Fathers

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Heliodorus (4), Greek novelist, c. 4th century CE

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics ◽

10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.2984 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Benedek Kruchió

Keyword(s):

The Novel ◽

Wide Range ◽

Foster Fathers ◽

Greek Novel

Heliodorus was the author of the Aethiopica, the latest and longest Greek novel to survive from antiquity. In his work, Heliodorus claims to be a Phoenician from Emesa, but there are good reasons against treating this as an authoritative autobiographical statement. The Aethiopica tells the adventures of Charicleia, the white daughter of the black queen and king of Ethiopia. Her mother abandons her, and she is brought up by foster-fathers in Ethiopia and Delphi. There she falls in love with the young Greek Theagenes, with whom she travels via Egypt to Ethiopia. They are almost sacrificed to the local gods, but Charicleia’s parents eventually recognise her. The protagonists become priests and marry. The novel is a narratologically ambitious work that draws on the structure of the Odyssey (in mediis rebus beginning, embedded heterodiegetic narratives) and takes these devices to a whole new level. A wide range of topics play important roles in the Aethiopica, such as religion, multiculturalism, identity, and epistemology.

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Elevated oxidative stress in pied flycatcher nestlings of eumelanic foster fathers under low rearing temperatures

Journal of Experimental Biology ◽

10.1242/jeb.195909 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 222 (7) ◽

pp. jeb195909

Author(s):

P. E. Teerikorpi ◽

J. Stauffer ◽

P. Ilmonen ◽

S. Calhim ◽

W. Schuett ◽

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Keyword(s):

Oxidative Stress ◽

Pied Flycatcher ◽

Foster Fathers

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Testosterone, Antiandrogen, and Alloparental Behavior in Bobwhite Quail Foster Fathers

Hormones and Behavior ◽

10.1006/hbeh.1993.1007 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 92-107 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Carol Masters Vleck ◽

Steve J. Dobrott

Keyword(s):

Bobwhite Quail ◽

Alloparental Behavior ◽

Foster Fathers

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Foster Fathers and Carework: Engaging Alternate Models of Parenting

Fathering A Journal of Theory Research and Practice about Men as Fathers ◽

10.3149/fth.0801.24 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 24-36 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Damien W. Riggs ◽

Paul H. Delfabbro ◽

Martha Augoustinos

Keyword(s):

Foster Fathers

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Cú Chulainn and Expressions of Foster Fatherhood

Fosterage in Medieval Ireland ◽

10.5117/9789462989412_ch01 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Tom C. O’Donnell

Keyword(s):

Foster Children ◽

Irish Society ◽

Emotional Connection ◽

Foster Fathers ◽

Medieval Ireland

This chapter introduces the concept of fosterage in medieval Ireland, who was fostered, by whom and the terminology that was used to express these relationships. How fosterage was practiced will have an effect on the emotions within fosterage were created and expressed. Taking the figure of Cú Chulainn as a case study, we see that maternal kin were usually used as fosterers and so the practice allowed a continued emotional connection to remain with the mother’s family. Cú Chulainn’s multiple fosterage is used to examine how prevalent that practice was in medieval Irish society and what impact it had on the bond between foster fathers and their foster children.

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