L’implication des parents dans l’éducation de leur enfant placé. Approches européennes. The involvement of parents in the upbringing of their child placed in care: European approaches

In child protection, just like other childcare systems, the principle of parental involvement is coming to the fore in official discourse. In practice, however, a child's placement in a foster or institutional home means that parents are discredited and kept at a distance. Drawing from research conducted in four European countries, this paper aims to understand the meaning of this involvement, and how parents can be part of their child's upbringing despite their being in care. Practitioners and institutions play a crucial role in the way in which they talk to parents, share tasks with them, and organize time spent together between parents and their children.