Much literature about kinship care has focused on the issues facing grandparent carers. An Australian research project explored the experience and support needs of young kinship carers and children in their care through analysis of census data and in-depth interviews with young kinship carers and children/young people. This article describes the views of 16 young people. These young people expressed satisfaction with their home life and spoke of improvement over time in their wellbeing, mental health, and schooling. While they appreciated their carers' attunement to the world of young people, they articulated many challenges for themselves and their carers, including the burden on their carers, the challenge of adjusting to their carers' parental role, and financial pressures. They wanted greater access to counselling and casework services in order to deal with the impacts of family trauma.

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“这很好，因为我妹妹还年轻，她知道发生了什么”：孩子们对他们年轻的亲属照顾者的看法

许多关于亲属照顾的文献都集中在祖父母照顾者面临的问题上。澳大利亚的一个研究项目通过分析人口普查数据和对年轻亲属照顾者和儿童/年轻人的深入访谈，探索了年轻亲属照顾者和他们照顾的儿童的经验和支持需求。本文描述了16位年轻人的观点。这些年轻人对他们的家庭生活表示满意，并谈到他们的幸福感、心理健康和学校教育随着时间的推移而有所改善。虽然他们赞赏照顾者对年轻人世界的适应，但他们阐述了自己和照顾者面临的许多挑战，包括照顾者的负担、适应照顾者父母角色的挑战以及经济压力。