This study uses a qualitative approach to explore the experiences of 22 UK foster carers when a child is ‘moved on’ from a placement, focusing specifically on their experiences of loss. In most cases participants report loving the child as their own and describe their surprise at the profundity of their feelings of loss and grief when living through the child’s departure. These emotions can be fruitfully perceived as ‘disenfranchised grief’ in that its severity was unexpected and was not recognised as legitimate by the carers’ social group or professionals working with them. As a result, their loss was neither perceived as legitimate nor given a vehicle for expression. In some cases, participants report that the experience changed their approach to caring for children and even resulted in them ceasing to foster. The implications for practice include preparing foster carers to expect a grief response when their children move on, to recognise that this might be disenfranchised and to enhance peer and professional support during that process.

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被剥夺权利的悲痛：寄养者对停止安置所经历的情感影响

本研究使用定性方法来探索 22 名英国寄养者在孩子从安置中“转移”时的经历，特别关注他们失去的经历。在大多数情况下，参与者报告说爱孩子就像他们自己的孩子一样，并描述了他们在经历孩子的离开时对他们深深的失落和悲伤的感受感到惊讶。这些情绪可以有效地被视为“被剥夺权利的悲痛”，因为它的严重程度是出乎意料的，并且不被照顾者的社会团体或与他们一起工作的专业人士认为是合法的。结果，他们的损失既不被认为是合法的，也不被赋予表达的工具。在某些情况下，参与者报告说，这种经历改变了他们照顾孩子的方式，甚至导致他们停止抚养。