Relational rights and interdependent wellbeing: Exploring the experiences of an ethnic minority girl with the Norwegian Child Welfare service

In this article, we draw on a case study where the Norwegian Child Welfare services placed an ethnic minority girl, Amara, into foster care. Her sensemaking around being moved care is used as entry point to explore tensions between her family, and services. Amara’s responsibilities within family conflict with ideal childhood model in Norway. The demonstrates limited view wellbeing ethnocentric understanding of what best interest child among social workers. We propose use ubuntu African ethics cater for more diverse understandings upbringing. Furthermore, approach children’s rights relationally acknowledge how lives are deeply entangled interconnections interdependencies.