Siblings – Practical and Sensitive Relations

Winther, Ida Wentzel; Palludan, Charlotte; Gulløv, Eva; Rehder, Mads Middelboe

doi:10.7146/aul.114.104

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“…Having said this, in situations of rupture, it is possible to identify siblings’ dreams of and claims to space, so these situations could also be considered potential battlefields for bedrooms and resources. However, our material suggests that children in ‘long’ and ‘wide’ siblingships utilize practices and strategies that we would term civilized (see also the chapter ‘Conflictual closeness’ by Mads M Rehder, in Winther et al, 2015) and the article ‘Engaging siblingships’ (Gulløv et al, 2014). Civilized practices and strategies can be viewed as an expression of children’s practical and strategic mastering of cultural complexity and the potential conflicts of interests that invariably surface in households with separate children.…”

Section: Claim and Reclaiming Spacementioning

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“…On the one hand, there are still families consisting of a mother, father and their joint children. We say these children have a ‘short’ and ‘narrow’ siblingship, which is characterized by there being only a few siblings with a small age gap and shared parents, families and households (Winther et al, 2015). On the other hand, there are also blended families with blended children.…”

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“…By doing so, we hope to gain a valuable insight into the opportunities and strategies that children in ‘long’ and ‘wide’ siblingships use to take up space and gain sociomaterial weight. We aim to unfold the emotional aspects of siblingship elsewhere (see Winther et al, 2015, Siblings: Practical and Sensitive Relations and the article by Gulløv et al, 2014, ‘Engaging siblingships’).…”

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‘Having my own room would be really cool’: Children’s rooms as the social and material organizing of siblings

Palludan

Winther

2016

Journal of Material Culture

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In this article, the authors examine how materiality can be understood as a co-creator and significant carrier of social processes. They focus on the ways children in large sibling groups relate to bedrooms and identify the logics at play when the organizing of children's bedrooms and siblings are interwoven. Children have dreams and expectations of establishing a space by way of having their own room and stuff, and they implement this desire for ownership through specific strategies to obtain material presence and leave territorial marks, which afford them positioning and recognition within sibling relations and families. The authors' analysis clearly shows that children gain material weight across households with varying material resources and different socio-cultural views on how to allocate these resources. It also shows that processes surrounding the material constitution of siblingships are embedded in a child-focused society with strong cultural norms about what constitutes a good life for children.

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Section: Claim and Reclaiming Spacementioning

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‘Having my own room would be really cool’: Children’s rooms as the social and material organizing of siblings

Palludan

Winther

2016

Journal of Material Culture

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“…Thus, time with a sibling will not differ across household arrangements. With shared physical custody, however, the siblings share more of daily life with each other than they do with either parent (Winther et al 2015). Thus, the sibling relationship may gain in importance relative to the parentchild relationships (Berman 2015).…”

Section: Household Structure and Family Relationshipsmentioning

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Alternating Homes – A New Family Form – The Family Sociology Perspective

Thomson

Turunen

2021

European Studies of Population

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In this chapter, we identify structural features of families with shared physical custody that differ from those of nuclear families or those of families where one parent has sole physical custody, and discuss the implications for family and kin relationships. We pay particular attention to the ways in which shared physical custody alters the gendered nature of parenting and kinship. We argue that the structural features of shared physical custody create distinct contexts for parent-child and sibling relationships and produce differences in shared understandings of obligations between family members. The unique context for relationships and obligations together constitute a new family form. Our analysis generates an agenda for future research on the nature and consequences of shared physical custody.

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“…In a study that analyzed JPC in 36 countries, Bjarnason and Amarsson (2011) claimed that children in JPC custody are less likely to have impaired relationships with their fathers than children living with only one parent or children living with both parents. Qualitative studies conducted with children whose parents had divorced but decided to share childcare equally show that children are able to cope well under these circumstances; they can feel loved and cared for, and they can believe their families to be as good as other families (Neale et al, 1995;Wentzel-Winther et al, 2015).…”

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'Everybody likes it more when it's even': Joint physical custody from the children’s perspective

Reimann

2023

Intersections

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In April 2022, the Polish Children’s Ombudsman publicly addressed the Minister of Justice, demanding changes in family law regarding child custody post-parental separation. The Ombudsman pointed out the lack of a legal definition of joint physical custody (JPC) and suggested there should be a clear definition and associated regulation. The Ombudsman’s address is one part of the debate on JPC that has recently emerged in Poland. Politicians, mothers, and fathers are actively engaged in the debate, with each of their voices well represented. Both supporters and opponents of joint physical custody claim that their main concern is the best interest of the child. However, no attempts have been made to listen to children’s opinions about custodial arrangements. This article is based on interviews with 23 children living in JPC. I asked the children about their everyday experience of home and belonging and their relationships with their parents, siblings, and parents’ new partners. I also asked their opinions on how custodial arrangements should be made to suit them. The interviewees complained about the inconvenience of frequent moves but also stated that living with their mother and father interchangeably allowed them to be as close to each of the parents as they desired. For this reason, the interviewees considered JPC a preferable solution after divorce.

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Siblings – Practical and Sensitive Relations

Cited by 11 publications

References 2 publications

‘Having my own room would be really cool’: Children’s rooms as the social and material organizing of siblings

‘Having my own room would be really cool’: Children’s rooms as the social and material organizing of siblings

Alternating Homes – A New Family Form – The Family Sociology Perspective

'Everybody likes it more when it's even': Joint physical custody from the children’s perspective

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