Foster fathers performing gender: the negotiation and reproduction of parenting roles in families who foster

Heslop, Philip

doi:10.1080/10522158.2019.1608612

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“…Muži skrze praxi pěstounské péče na jedné straně genderové normy reprodukují, na straně druhé ale performují takové role, jež tyto tradiční normy podrývají (Riggs et al 2010;Newstone 2000;Gilligan 2000;Heslop 2019). V rámci sociologického diskurzu ale nepanuje konsensus ohledně toho, které z těchto dvou rolí v identitách pěstounů převažují.…”

Section: Genderové Aspekty Péče a Profesionálního Pěstounstvíunclassified

“…Reflektovali, že se podílí nejen na volnočasových aktivitách dětí, ale zapojují se i do každodenní péče, která zakládá mezi rodičem a dítětem určité pouto (Riggs et al 2010: 10). Také Philip Heslop (2019), v rámci rozhovorů s pěstouny, kteří se identifikovali jako hlavní pečovatelé a zůstali s dětmi doma, pozoroval netradiční pojetí otcovských rolí mužů pěstounů. Nicméně v momentě, kdy se jejich partnerky vrátily z práce domů, bylo tradiční rozdělení rolí v domácnosti obnoveno a hlavní úlohu v péči o domácnost přebírala opět žena.…”

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Pěstounství na hranici péče a práce

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Marhánková²

2023

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Foster care in many ways challenges the dichotomy between home and workplace, intimate care, and paid employment. Foster parents are supposed to provide love and safety to children who cannot be with their biological parents for various reasons while receiving financial rewards. Foster care in many ways challenges the idea of parental care as care embedded in a loving relationship that should by its very nature be free of financial rewards. Using semi-structured interviews with eight foster parents, the paper analyses how the foster parents (de)construct the boundaries between the private sphere of care and what meanings they attribute to the financial reward they receive. The paper points out that foster parenting reflects an established gender order, within which care appears as an activity intrinsically linked with the gender identity of women. However, the identity of foster parents has simultaneously been constructed also in terms of a professional identity that permeates the sphere of paid work. Foster parents construct their care both as a labour of love and full-time employment. They actively deconstruct the opposition between love/care and paid work and articulate care as a value that should be financially evaluated.

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Pěstounství na hranici péče a práce

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Marhánková²

2023

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“…Moreover, additional longitudinal studies are required. Also, most of the studies focused on female foster parents; however, evidence suggests that the fathers' involvement is important for children's development (e.g., behavioral, social, and cognitive) and wellbeing (Heslop, 2019). This indicates that it is important for male foster parents to be involved in research and evaluative processes in order to obtain a reliable picture regarding motivations, feelings, and experiences from different foster parents in the FFC system.…”

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Foster Families: A Systematic Review of Intention and Retention Factors

2021

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Background: Compared to residential care, family foster care is the preferable type of alternative care for neglected or abused children as it provides a familiar context that supports children's developmental needs.New foster families are needed to care for these children. Objective: This systematic review aims to provide a critical analysis of the literature, identifying factors that explain the intention to become and to continue as a foster family. This review was performed following the PRISMA checklist and guidelines, through a search conducted in the following databases (no restrictions were made): PsycArticles, PsycInfo, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, Academic Search Complete, ERIC, Scopus, and Web of Science. Study eligibility: The review includes empirical quantitative and/or qualitative studies in English, Portuguese and Spanish, with community and/or foster parents' samples and explores the factors for becoming and/or retention foster parents. Results: Forty-nine studies were included. The results revealed that the intention to become a foster parent is largely influenced by motivational factors, personal and family characteristics, individual values and beliefs, social context influences, and perceived familiarity with the child protection system. The retention of foster families is closely related to factors within the child protection system, personal or family characteristics, foster child characteristics, and placement challenges. The relationship with agencies and professional support stands out as the most important factors. Limitations and Implications: This review did not include studies focused on children with specific needs, and future research should consider the particular challenges of fostering this group. Practice implications of these findings for the recruitment, selection, and retention of foster families will be discussed.

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Foster fathers performing gender: the negotiation and reproduction of parenting roles in families who foster

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