Belonging and Belongings

Children’s Sense of Home in Shared Custody Arrangements

Laura Merla, Bérengère Nobels (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2025
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-3658-3 (ISBN)

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Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

Based on in-depth fieldwork with Belgian children aged 10 to 16, this book examines how children in shared physical custody define and negotiate their place within the household of each parent.

The authors analyse how family practices within and between each dwelling shape children’s sense home, and the strategies and skills children develop to manage and position themselves in these different environments.

Challenging common stereotypes and giving voice to children in shared custody, the book provides valuable insights for practitioners and scholars to better understand and support children and their parents.

Laura Merla is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Families and Sexualities (CIRFASE) at the University of Louvain. Bérengère Nobels is Scientific Collaborator at the University of Louvain.

1. Shared Custody and Sense of Home: The Child's Point of View

2. Parental Islands

3. The Journey Between Islands: Transitioning from One Dwelling to the Other

4. Routines and Rituals of Return

5. Making Each Island ‘One's Own Island': Defining and Negotiating One's Place

6. Maintaining One's Place During Absence

7. A 'Singular-Plural' Sense of Home

Concluding Reflections

Erscheinungsdatum	28.05.2025
Reihe/Serie	Sociology of Children and Families
Zusatzinfo	Not illustrated
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Partnerschaft / Sexualität
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Familienrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-5292-3658-4 / 1529236584
ISBN-13	978-1-5292-3658-3 / 9781529236583
Zustand	Neuware