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Who cares for whom? Revisiting the concept of care in the everyday life of post-divorce families.
- Source :
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Childhood . Nov2014, Vol. 21 Issue 4, p517-531. 15p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- The traditional notions of care appear to be connected to parents as caregivers and children as care-recipients. This article explores care in the context of post-divorce families to underline the need for re-evaluating the causal understanding of this concept. The data are drawn from a qualitative study investigating how Danish children aged 8–12 (and their parents) conduct their everyday lives with time-sharing arrangements as a result of parental divorce. Through empirical examples, different kinds of caring practices are highlighted to assert that care is a situated and reciprocal process between parents and children – a process of mutual caregiving and caretaking. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- *CHILD behavior
*DIVORCE
*PARENTING
*QUALITATIVE research
*THEMATIC analysis
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09075682
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Childhood
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 99177573
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0907568213496656