Caring for the Child as Caring for its Carers. Foster Care and Adoption in a Pandemic Setting. Comparison of the Results of the 2021 and 2009 Surveys Cover Image

Troska o dziecko troską o jego opiekunów. Piecza zastępcza i adopcja w warunkach pandemii. Porównanie wyników sondaży 2021 i 2009
Caring for the Child as Caring for its Carers. Foster Care and Adoption in a Pandemic Setting. Comparison of the Results of the 2021 and 2009 Surveys

Author(s): Grażyna Genowefa Gajewska
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Sociology, Family and social welfare, Pedagogy
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: care for a child; care for the child’s guardians; foster care and adoption in pandemic; students’ readiness to start a foster and adoptive family

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the care of the child and its carers in the conditions of the ongoing pandemic. An attempt has been made to present the state of knowledge about family care, adoption and systemic actions during that time. Alarming and positive phenomena during the coronavirus pandemic are pointed out, as well as directions for further analyses. So far unpublished results of original research carried out among students – future carers – are presented. Some of them are compared with the results from 2009. It is assumed to establish the ongoing trends of changes in foster care. Particular attention is paid to the best possible preparation of professionals and society to understand and implement foster and adoption, support for the operation of foster care and, above all, to students’ willingness to become foster or adoptive parents.

  • Issue Year: 13/2021
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 119-136
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish