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Research into practice
Research into practice
The Undeserving Mothers project, which looked at the plight of young mothers in care, a neglected area of study, was carried out in Victoria, Canada, from 1999 to 2001.
The research included three focus groups with practitioners and in-depth interviews with 12 young women in or from care now aged 16-24 and who were 13-18 at the time of their first pregnancy. Between them, they had 14 children, eight of whom were living with their mother at the time of interview.
The experiences of mothering while in care were largely negative. The young mothers struggled against all the odds to keep their children, but were rarely successful. They characterised their experience as "prevailing on the edge on my own".
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Dominelli, L.
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Dominelli, L.
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Dominelli, L. (2003) Research into practice. Community Care, 47.

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The Undeserving Mothers project, which looked at the plight of young mothers in care, a neglected area of study, was carried out in Victoria, Canada, from 1999 to 2001.
The research included three focus groups with practitioners and in-depth interviews with 12 young women in or from care now aged 16-24 and who were 13-18 at the time of their first pregnancy. Between them, they had 14 children, eight of whom were living with their mother at the time of interview.
The experiences of mothering while in care were largely negative. The young mothers struggled against all the odds to keep their children, but were rarely successful. They characterised their experience as "prevailing on the edge on my own".

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Published date: 2003

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Local EPrints ID: 34393
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/34393
ISSN: 0307-5508
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Date deposited: 17 May 2007
Last modified: 11 Dec 2021 15:24

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Author: L. Dominelli

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