Abstract
Despite most street-connected youth in Brazil having existing bonds with their families, their family relations have not received enough attention in research. This article explores how street-connected youth describe their family relations and what meanings they attach to their families. Drawing on ethnographic data collected with 10 street-connected youths aged between 12 and 17 in Recife, Brazil, the results demonstrate that the relational family life of street-connected youth consists of interconnected supportive and ambivalent emotional and material interdependence, and this should not be ignored in policy and practice regarding them.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 380-396 |
| Journal | Childhood |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 8 Sept 2023 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
| Publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
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- Publication forum level 3