Growing up in Foster Care: One Boy's Struggles

2014 ◽  
pp. 114-120
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Growing Up

scholarly journals Preserving and memorialising relationships: exploring young people’s experiences of foster care through the lens of social capital

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Foster Care ◽  
Young People ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Gain Access

This article presents findings from research into how young people growing up in foster care in the UK manage the relationships in their social networks and gain access to social capital. It is a concept that highlights the value of relationships and is relevant to young people in care as they have usually experienced disruptions to their social and family life. Qualitative methods were used and the findings show that despite experiencing disruption to their social networks, the young people demonstrated that they were able to maintain access to their social capital. They achieved this in two ways. Firstly, they preserved their relationships, often through what can be seen as ordinary practices but in the extraordinary context of being in foster care. Secondly, they engaged in creative practices of memorialisation to preserve relationships that had ended or had been significantly impaired due to their experience of separation and movement. The article highlights implications for policy and practice, including the need to recognise the value of young people’s personal possessions. Furthermore, it stresses the need to support them to maintain their relationships across their networks as this facilitates their access to social capital.

EXPERIENCE OF GROWING UP IN INSTITUTIONAL FOSTER CARE – RESEARCH REPORT

2021 ◽  
Vol 572-573 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 32-40
Author(s):  
Agata Butarewicz-Głowacka ◽  
Anna Chomiuk ◽  
Magdalena Jabłońska
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Institutional Form ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Education Centre ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions ◽  
Empirical Material

The article is devoted to the functioning of adolescent pupils of the “House of Return” in Białystok. Its aim is to show the experience of growing up in an orphanage from the pupils’ perspective. The first part of the text presents theoretical assumptions regarding the experience of growing up, organization of foster care in Poland, growing up in its institutional form and the process of deinstitutionalization. The second part of the article presents methodological assumptions of the research and the results regarding growing up in institutional foster care. Qualitative research using the method of individual cases was carried out in May 2021 with the charges of the “House of Return” in Białystok. The concept of qualitative data analysis by Matthew B. Miles and A. Michael Huberman was used to analyze the empirical material. In the light of the research, the charges function properly in the care and education centre for children and young people, the experience of growing up in an orphanage is not a trauma for them, but they have difficulties with establishing close relationships, they lack a significant adult, and are also not very self-reliant.

Recognition of Parental Love: Birth Parents’ Experiences with Cooperation When Having a Child Placed in Family Foster Care in Denmark

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tea Torbenfeldt Bengtsson ◽  
Kirstine Karmsteen
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Birth Parents ◽  
Parental Love ◽  
Family Foster Care ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Parents Experiences

Abstract Despite the fact that most children growing up in family foster care remain in contact with their birth parents, the experiences of birth parents have been largely neglected. This article draws on twenty-two in-depth interviews with birth parents to examine their experiences of cooperating with social workers and foster carers. Five patterns of cooperation are empirically identified in the parents’ narratives: (i) constructive cooperation; (ii) ambivalent cooperation; (iii) improved cooperation; (iv) diminishing cooperation and (v) lack of cooperation. While there are key differences in the characteristics of each pattern, there is one central similarity: all the parents seek recognition of their parenthood, especially their love for their child. Thus, actively recognising the role of parental love in parents’ motivation for cooperation can enable social workers to secure better cooperation with birth parents.

Growing up in foster care

1985 ◽  
Vol 7 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 123-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony N. Maluccio ◽  
Edith Fein
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Growing Up

Growing up in Foster Care

1999 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 65-66
Author(s):  
Gillian Schofield
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Growing Up

Does Family Matter? The Well-Being of Children Growing Up in Institutions, Foster Care and Adoption

2014 ◽  
pp. 2197-2228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christie Schoenmaker ◽  
Femmie Juffer ◽  
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn ◽  
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Family Matter

scholarly journals ‘People like me don’t have much of a chance in life’: comparing the locus of control of young people in foster care with that of adoptees, children from disadvantaged backgrounds and children in the general population

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinithi Wijedasa
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Young People ◽  
General Population ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Secondary Analyses ◽  
Components Analysis

There is a paucity of research on the locus of control of children and young people growing up in foster care in England. Based on secondary analyses of data from the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE), this article explores the locus of control of fostered young people during adolescence compared to those in adoptive care, those growing up in disadvantaged circumstances and young people in the general population. As the questions asked of the young people in the LSYPE did not form part of a standardised locus of control scale, the dimensionality of the items was first verified through a principal components analysis (PCA). The fostered young people scored significantly higher on external locus of control items compared to those in adopted and general population groups, and were similar to young people in the disadvantaged group. Reasons for the high external scores in the fostered group and implications for policy and practice are discussed.

Growing up in Foster Care

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-360
Author(s):  
Greg Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Growing Up
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