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- Title
Becoming a kinship carer - education and support needs of grandparents who are parenting.
- Authors
Stobbs, Nicola; Prowle, Alison
- Abstract
A definition of the term 'kinship carer' is not easy to pin down. In Western countries, the word 'kin' is generally associated with biogenetic inheritance: shared blood. In other parts of the world, 'kin' is interpreted more flexibly and concerns 'clanship', where children may be brought up by godparents, friends and neighbours as well as family (Nandy et al., 2011). It is a term which is becoming increasingly recognised as the needs of this group of people come to the attention of politicians, multi-professionals and the general public.
- Subjects
GRANDPARENTS as parents; INHERITANCE &; succession; FAMILY crises
- Publication
International Journal of Birth & Parent Education, 2016, Vol 4, Issue 2, p23
- ISSN
2054-0779
- Publication type
Article