Theoretical, empirical, and practice literature on language brokering: Family, academic, and psychological outcomes

Child language brokering as a family care practice: Reframing the ‘parentified child’ debate

“…Even when language brokers are aware of enacting some power in their position as linguistic mediator, this does not necessarily mean that the wider dynamic of the family is disrupted, as parents may ultimately wield ‘all the power in the house’ (Bauer, 2016, p. 10). Weisskirch (2017) goes a step further, arguing that there is a presumption of negativity of the parentified child debate that points to a deficit‐based viewpoint that does not acknowledge the necessary contribution of all the family members to respond and adapt to the challenges of migrating to a new country (see also Mier‐Chairez et al, 2019).…”

Psychometric Evaluation of the Parentification Inventory in a Polish Adolescent Sample

“…Many adolescents around the world—including in Poland—encounter caregiving environments and experiences recognized as risk factors of parentification such as divorce, economic hardships, parental conflict, parental substance abuse, or labor migration (Haxhe, 2016; Hooper et al, 2020; Macfie et al, 2015; Mier-Chairez et al, 2019). For example, the divorce rates in Poland have consistently increased and the marriage rates continue to decrease (Błażek & Lewandowska-Walter, 2017; Paprzycka et al, 2020).…”