This article examines the role of a civil society organisation that offers parental support to migrant parents with regard to meanings of parenthood and citizenship. It is based on the results of an action research study of a civil society organisation. The material consists of notes from participatory work in a local centre for children, youth and their parents, and of interviews with professionals, a project manager of the local organisation, and a public servant and a social worker who both work for the district council. Additional material is taken from notes of study visits to organisations working with the same target group. The results highlight four central themes. The first two themes, difficult parents in a precarious place and a place with a future?, revolves around parental needs in relation to place, the suburb. The third theme, civic parenting practices, focuses on parenting practices as civic practices. The fourth theme, gendering parent citizens, discusses the gendered meanings of the parent citizen as both an object and an agent of integration. ABSTRAKT Syftet med denna artikel är att undersöka en civilsamhällsorganisations roll som erbjuder föräldrastöd för migrerade föräldrar i förhållande till betydelse av föräldraskap och medborgarskap. Artikeln är baserad på resultaten från en aktionsforskningsstudie i en frivilligorganisation. Materialet består av anteckningar från deltagande arbete i en lokal organisation för barn, ungdomar och deras föräldrar samt intervjuer med professionella; projektledaren för den lokala organisationen samt en offentlig anställd och en socialarbetare som båda arbetar inom förvaltningen. Materialet består också av anteckningar från studiebesök till organisationer med samma målgrupp. Resultaten visar fyra empiriska teman som från olika vinklar undersöker de yrkesverksammas perspektiv på medborgarskapets olika uppgifter med betoning på de yrkesverksammas roll att lära ut betydelsen av ett aktivt medborgarskap medan medborgarna ska vara villiga, passiva och lärande. Centralt är

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Children’s invisibility, non-participation or limited participation can be associated with social workers’ experiences of losing focus of the child in their work, while at the same time navigating organisational and legal demands where a child perspective is strongly promoted. This article sheds light on social workers’ experiences of working with a child perspective and with children’s participation. Six in-depth interviews were conducted with professionals from social services and ngo s and from different child welfare services in Sweden. Our findings indicate that losing focus of the child is a common phenomenon that relates to the dominance of adult-centred practice and that child-centred methods need to be developed. Social workers from ngo s described having better opportunities for working in a child-centred way. Losing focus of the child mirrors the subordinated position of child-centred practice, proving that a child perspective and children’s participation are still inadequately anchored in social work practice.