Weaving webs of well-being: The ethics of navigating religious differences in Christian foster families with foster children of various backgrounds

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Bartelink, Brenda E. [1 ,5 ]
van Bergen, Diana [1 ]
Vanderfaeillie, Johan [2 ]
Vermeer, Paul [3 ]
Saharso, Sawitri [4 ]
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[1] Univ Groningen, Dept Pedag & Educ, Grote Rozenstr 38, NL-9712 TJ Groningen, Netherlands
[2] Vrije Univ Brussel, Fac Psychol & Educ Sci, Pl Laan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
[3] Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Erasmuspl 1, NL-6525 Nijmegen, Netherlands
[4] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
[5] Univ Groningen, Grote Rozenstr 38, NL-9712 TJ Groningen, Netherlands
关键词
care ethics; Christian parenting; foster care; religious identification; religious socialization; ethique des soins; famille d'accueil; identification religieuse; parentalite chretienne; socialisation religieuse; SECULAR SOCIETY; IMMIGRANTS; TRANSMISSION;
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10.1177/00377686231219469
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C91 [社会学];
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030301 ; 1204 ;
摘要
This article analyzes ethical issues arising in transreligious foster care placements in relation to foster children's needs regarding religious socialization and identification. Applying Urban Walker's expressive-collaborative framework to 30 qualitative interviews with foster parents, foster children, parents, and professionals, we elaborate and apply a three-level reflection on Christian foster parents' ethics of care in everyday practice of foster care. A first-level reflection demonstrates that integrating the foster child in the foster family often leads to predominant Christian socialization of foster children. A second-level reflection demonstrates asymmetry between foster parents and birth parents in the religious socialization of foster children, leading to confusion for the foster child and (potential) conflict with birth parents. Finally, a normative reflection leads us to conclude that foster children in transreligious placements need loose and hybrid moral frames in which they can alter, shift, and navigate their multiple identifications and partialities as part of their development. Cette etude analyse les questions ethiques qui se posent dans les placements en famille d'accueil transreligieuse en relation avec les besoins des enfants places en matiere de socialisation et d'identification religieuse. En appliquant le cadre de collaboration expressive d'Urban Walkers a trente entretiens qualitatifs avec des parents d'accueil, des enfants places, des parents et des professionnels, nous elaborons et appliquons une reflexion a trois niveaux sur l'ethique de soin des parents d'accueil chretiens dans la pratique quotidienne du placement en famille d'accueil. Une reflexion de premier niveau demontre que l'integration de l'enfant place dans la famille d'accueil conduit souvent a une socialisation chretienne predominante des enfants places. Une reflexion de deuxieme niveau demontre l'asymetrie entre les parents d'accueil et les parents biologiques dans la socialisation religieuse des enfants d'accueil, ce qui entraine une confusion pour l'enfant d'accueil et un conflit (potentiel) avec les parents biologiques. Enfin, une reflexion normative nous amene a conclure que les enfants places en famille d'accueil dans des contextes transreligieux ont besoin de cadres moraux souples et hybrides dans lesquels ils peuvent modifier, changer et naviguer dans leurs multiples identifications et partialites dans le cadre de leur developpement.
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页数:19
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