Child Protection Institutions as Allocare Systems from the Viewpoint of Poverty

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  • Hirata Shuzo
    Graduate School of Human Sciences, Waseda University
  • Negayama Koichi
    Department of Human Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University

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  • 制度化されたアロケアとしての児童養護施設 : 貧困の観点から
  • セイドカ サレタ アロケア ト シテ ノ ジドウ ヨウゴ シセツ : ヒンコン ノ カンテン カラ

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Allocare occurs when a child is raised by individuals other than a parent. This article focuses on the experiences of children living in child protection institutions and graduates of the child protection system, from the viewpoint of poverty in Japan. Residential care of children is equivalent to the institutional allocare systems provided by our society. The system has notable dysfunctions. However, some people with current or past experience receiving institutional care are working to improve their poor situation. There are strong norms in Japanese society dictating that the biological parent should also be the social parent, and these expectations could impede the promotion of allocare systems. This situation may improve in the future as people gradually become aware of the diversity of family styles, which becomes more and more apparent in light of the collapse of the contemporary nuclear family.

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