Children of the Street: A Psychological Portrait

Autor/in	Iudashina, N.
Titel	Children of the Street: A Psychological Portrait
Quelle	In: Russian Education and Society, 46 (2004) 2, S.40-46 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1060-9393
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Runaways; Homeless People; Psychological Characteristics; Family Environment; Individual Differences; Parent Participation; Family Characteristics; Intervention; Parent Child Relationship; Parenting Styles; Child Rearing; At Risk Persons; Child Abuse; Children; Psychological Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausreißer; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Familienmilieu; Individueller Unterschied; Elternmitwirkung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Kindererziehung; Risikogruppe; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	In this article, the author describes the two types of street children: (1) those children whose vagrancy was forced upon them by families and circumstances; and (2) those children who have an urge to go wandering, not because they are unhappy and have been abused but because they have an urge for it. Even though these children do run away from home, they also, just as easily, get back into the swing of the school environment. They quickly make up the material they have missed, and adjust to all the changes going on in the classroom and at home. They are socially very mobile in the context of their surroundings. Much more of a worry, however, are the children who are forced by their parents to live in the streets. They are the ones who are doomed by their social role to evoke both pity and compassion. Children of the sidewalks are not ordinary children; they have abundant experience in life, and they do not look at it through rose-colored glasses. As such, it is imperative that individuals must exercise caution in reaching out to these children as they promptly withdraw into themselves when strangers manifest curiosity towards them. The author concludes by explaining that the problem of "sidewalk children" cannot be resolved unless the parents take part. He argues against society stripping mothers of their maternal rights because separation from parents, especially the mother can inflict irreparable harm to the child's psyche. The author further believes that it is the parents who brought the child into the vicious cycle of begging, and that it is the parents who with the help of teachers that can break that pattern. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10