Article
Our kids: Unaccompanied minors and the question of care
Child & Youth Services
(2018)
Abstract
The question of care and what it means both conceptually and practically in the designated arena of child and youth care is a vexing one in the 21st century. Without a doubt, there are increasing numbers of young people who are either demonstrably in need of care or perceive themselves to be either lacking adequate care or simply existing outside those social spaces where care is available. Perhapsthere is no better exemplar of the contested set of relations that is contemporary childhood than those young people traversing national borders. Some of these young people travel with family members, but an ever-increasing number travel unaccompanied by parents or any other form of adult relation. Of these, a group particularly at risk are those without legal documentation. We would argue that this group of young people is urgently in need of our attention as child and youth care workers and scholars.
Keywords
- bare life,
- child and youth services profession,
- unaccompanied minors,
- undocumented youth
Disciplines
Publication Date
March 12, 2018
DOI
10.1080/0145935x.2018.1448707
Citation Information
Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez, Hans Skott-Myhre and Kathleen Skott-Myhre. "Our kids: Unaccompanied minors and the question of care" Child & Youth Services (2018) p. 1 - 16 ISSN: 0145-935X Available at: http://works.bepress.com/darlene-rodriguez/37/