Description
Family work around parental conflict and resolution tend to focus on adult perspectives and support. As childhood scholars we adopt a view that foregrounds the lived experiences of parental conflict of children and young people. We explore the impact of lower-level conflict, particularly at the early stages and when it becomes an ongoing issue potentially leading to family separation with negative outcomes for children. Low-level conflict is generally issue-focused, it impacts children’s wellbeing through its nature, frequency and intensity. It can escalate over time leading to challenges in working together with parents to resolve issues and thus impacting on children’s overall wellbeing and functioning within the family and beyond.In this paper, we will discuss our justification for using participatory, creative and child-centred methods for eliciting and documenting the lived experiences and voices of children and young people experiencing parental conflict. We will focus on the complexity of designing appropriate methodological strategies to work with participants on sensitive topics through reflecting on the collaborative nature of the project and expertise of the team. We will present early results from our Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project between the University of Huddersfield and Fresh Futures and will consider their wider potential to influence practice with families experiencing parental conflict.
| Period | 10 Jul 2024 |
|---|---|
| Event title | Children and Childhoods Conference 2024 |
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Ipswich, United KingdomShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |