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Money in Foster Care: Social Issues in Paid Parenthood

Open Access

Academic Editor(s): Malin Åkerström (Lund University) and Susanne Boethius (Lund University)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/si.i526

Table of Contents

Navigating the Moral Landscape of Foster Care: The Risk of Blame and Suspicion in Paid Parenthood
Katarina Jacobsson
Article | Open Access | Published: 20 August 2025
Foster Care on the Market: Swedish Independent Foster Care Agencies in an International Context
Evelina Fridell Lif, Tommy Lundström, David Pålsson, Marie Sallnäs and Emelie Shanks
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 August 2025
The Professionalisation of Foster Care in Norway
Renee Thørnblad and Jeanette Skoglund
Article | Open Access | Published: 4 September 2025
A System Stretched Beyond Its Elastic Limits: The South African Foster Care Grant System
Sipho Sibanda
Article | Open Access | Published: 4 September 2025
Nurses, Foster Mothers, Businesswomen, and Baby‐Farmers: Market‐Based Infant Care in Pre‐WWI Australia
Nell Musgrove
Article | Open Access | Published: 10 September 2025
Bulgarian Foster Parents and Money: Strategies, Identity Work, and Relations With the Child
Radostina Antonova and Gergana Nenova
Article | Open Access | Published: 17 September 2025
Historical Perspectives on Foster Care Payments: Changing Practices During the 20th Century
Ann-Sofie Bergman
Article | Open Access | Published: 17 September 2025
Work, Care, Family Life, and More: The Layered Framings of Swedish Foster Care
David Wästerfors
Article | Open Access | Published: 18 September 2025
Foster Carers’ Perspective on Financial Issues When Young People Leave Care
Ingrid Höjer and Inger Oterholm
Article | Open Access | Published: 25 September 2025
Perceptions About the Role of Money in Contemporary Romanian Foster Care
Borbála Kovács and Ovidiu Oltean
Article | Open Access | Published: 25 September 2025
Money, Love, and Work: Transcending Dichotomies in Analyses of Foster Care
Oddbjørg Skjær Ulvik
Article | Open Access | Published: 1 October 2025
Child Protection and the Municipal Budget: Interaction and Sensemaking Over a Welfare Dilemma
Teres Hjärpe
Article | Open Access | Published: 1 October 2025