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doi.org/10.1017/cha.2018.42

Article type: Commentary

PUBLISHED 31 October 2018

Volume 43 Issue 4

doi.org/10.1017/cha.2018.42

Article type: Commentary

PUBLISHED 31 October 2018

Volume 43 Issue 4

Are we setting children in care and their care givers up to fail?

Nicola Atwool

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Nicola Atwool1 *

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1 Department of Sociology, Gender and Social Work, University of Otago

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* Nicola Atwool

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Nicola Atwool -

Nicola Atwool1 *

Affiliations

1 Department of Sociology, Gender and Social Work, University of Otago

Correspondence

* Nicola Atwool

CITATION: Atwool N. (2018). Are we setting children in care and their care givers up to fail? Children Australia, 43(4), 2142. doi.org/10.1017/cha.2018.42

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Abstract

The question in the title is addressed by exploring the challenges inherent in providing care for children who are unable to live with their birth families. It is argued that failure to interrogate the assumptions underlying traditional foster care and take account of changes in family structure and socioeconomic circumstances has created a situation in which children in care and their care givers are being set up to fail. Changes needed to address this are outlined.

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