{"title":"Nanny of the State","authors":"Koa Beck","doi":"10.1353/mar.2023.a914922","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:In this essay, Beck, a licensed foster parent, analyzes how an individualistic approach to family repair sets mothers up to fail. In addition to being assessed and punished as an individual, she is now required to change her circumstances as an individual, tasked with creating an entirely different life with very little assistance, in a truncated period of time.","PeriodicalId":509222,"journal":{"name":"The Massachusetts Review","volume":"36 18","pages":"225 - 230"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Massachusetts Review","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mar.2023.a914922","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:In this essay, Beck, a licensed foster parent, analyzes how an individualistic approach to family repair sets mothers up to fail. In addition to being assessed and punished as an individual, she is now required to change her circumstances as an individual, tasked with creating an entirely different life with very little assistance, in a truncated period of time.