Abstract

This article examines the life stories of adults in Israel who were defined as ‘at-risk children’ in their childhood and removed from their homes by court order to therapeutic boarding schools against the backdrop of ‘inadequate parenting,’ ‘neglect,’ and/or ‘abuse.’ The findings reveal how graduates experienced their forced removal from the family home as a life event that shattered their phenomenological taken-for-granted knowledge. Graduates also reported a unique life story form of a biographical nadir (‘You can't live lower than that’). This life story form also involves a constant reflexive engagement with ‘biographical noise’ expressed by the fear of ‘going backwards’ and the ongoing need to understand the parents' decision in light of their living conditions. The article highlights the unique characteristics of the graduates’ life story form, the subjective experience of multiple types of self-affiliated with different times, and the long-term ramifications of using the concept of risk.

摘要

本文审视了以色列成年人的生活故事，这些成年人在童年时期被定义为“处于危险中的儿童”，并在“不适当的养育”、“忽视”和/或“虐待”。调查结果揭示了毕业生如何经历被迫离开家庭的生活事件，打破了他们理所当然的现象学知识。毕业生还报告了一种独特的人生故事形式，即传记最低点（“你不能活得比那低”）。这种生活故事形式还涉及对“倒退”的恐惧所表达的“传记噪音”的持续反身参与，以及根据父母的生活条件不断需要了解父母的决定。