Doing foster family with young refugees: Negotiations of belonging and being at home
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Unaccompanied minor refugees are regularly placed with foster families, and this residential context is sometimes assessed as especially appropriate to the needs of these young persons. The transition into a family often accompanied by various changes well questions concerning feelings belonging. These focus study, which considers perspectives their parents. analysis shows that ‘belonging’ ‘being at home’ thought dimensions ‘doing family’ change situationally negotiated others.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Children & Society
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0951-0605', '1099-0860']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12460