Citation

Gleeson JP, Seryak CM. Child Fam. Soc. Work 2010; 15(1): 87-96.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-2206.2009.00646.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In‐depth semi‐structured interviews with 30 parents of children living with relatives in informal kinship care arrangements revealed the parents' views of the reasons for the informal kinship care arrangements, quality of their relationships with the children and their caregivers, their current and future roles in their children's lives, feelings experienced when with and away from the children, positive and negative aspects of kinship care, future goals and dreams for their children, and their assessments of their own strengths and challenges. Results of these interviews suggest several implications for social work practice and research.