CHILD-PARENT RELATIONSHIPS IN REUNITED BIOLOGICAL FAMILY

Abstract

The article presents the results of the sociological research carried out with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research in Belgorod, Saratov regions and Trans-Baikal territory, with the aim of studying the child-parent relationship in reunited and re-socialized family. The main method of the study is in-depth interviews with parents who return their parental rights (n = 35) and children reunited with biological families (n = 100). The article contains the classification of parents whose parental rights are terminated; typical objective and subjective barriers that allow/impede the reunification process; the list of indicators, identifying the most important “turning points” in the life trajectories of children and their biological parents that affect their relationships.