“Wasn’t in Our Game Plan”: Reflections of Older Grandparents Navigating Child Welfare Systems

IF 1.7 Q2 SOCIOLOGY Societies Pub Date : 2024-05-30 DOI:10.3390/soc14060079
Tina L. Peterson
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Kinship caregivers encounter complex issues when interfacing with the child welfare system. Most kinship care families are not connected to child welfare. The experiences and extent of child welfare connection among older grandparents raising adolescent grandchildren are understudied. This study describes in-depth reflections from older grandparents raising adolescent grandchildren about circumstances leading to kinship care and the extent of child welfare involvement. Nineteen older grandparents raising adolescent grandchildren participated in qualitative phenomenological interviews. Eligibility criteria included identifying as a primary caregiver aged 40 or older for a grandchild 12 years or older who lived with them at least three days during the week. Respondents were primarily married (58%), white/non-Hispanic (53%), and grandmothers (84%) and had some college education or were college graduates (79%). Older grandparent caregivers described three themes: the intensive child welfare path, the influence of indirect child welfare professionals, and guardians with influence. The onset of kinship care, with or without intensive child welfare involvement, stemmed primarily from child abuse and neglect linked primarily to adolescent pregnancies and parental substance use. Child welfare and other helping professionals must recognize and problem-solve with older grandparent caregivers to meet complex stage-of-life needs in and outside of traditional child welfare settings.
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"我们的游戏计划中没有":年长的祖父母在儿童福利系统中的游历感悟
在与儿童福利系统打交道时,亲属照料者会遇到复杂的问题。大多数亲属照料家庭与儿童福利机构没有联系。对抚养青少年孙辈的年长祖父母与儿童福利机构的联系经历和程度研究不足。本研究描述了抚养青少年孙辈的年长祖父母对导致亲属照料的情况和儿童福利介入程度的深入思考。19 位抚养青少年孙辈的年长祖父母参加了定性现象学访谈。受访者的资格标准包括:年龄在 40 岁或 40 岁以上,是 12 岁或 12 岁以上孙辈的主要照料者,一周内至少有三天与孙辈生活在一起。受访者主要是已婚(58%)、白人/非西班牙裔(53%)和祖母(84%),受过一定的大学教育或大学毕业生(79%)。年长的祖父母照顾者描述了三个主题:密集的儿童福利之路、间接的儿童福利专业人员的影响以及有影响力的监护人。无论是否有密集的儿童福利介入,亲属照护的开始主要源于虐待和忽视儿童,这主要与青少年怀孕和父母使用药物有关。儿童福利和其他帮助专业人员必须认识到年长的祖父母照顾者的问题,并与他们一起解决问题,以满足传统儿童福利环境内外复杂的生活阶段需求。
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Societies
Societies SOCIOLOGY-
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150
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11 weeks
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