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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.
Table of Content
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
About the author
Bérengère Nobels is Scientific Collaborator at the University of Louvain.
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