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Family Ties and Child Placement
Author(s) -
COLÓN FERNANDO
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1978.00289.x
Subject(s) - premise , psychology , family ties , social psychology , developmental psychology , sociology , epistemology , genealogy , history , philosophy
The fundamental premise of this paper is the primacy of the child's experience of biological‐familial continuity in establishing his sense of self and personal significance. This paper examines the effects of current child placement practices on the child's ties to his biological, foster, and adoptive families. It explores alternative practices that would take into account biological‐familial continuity.Comment is invited.