Social Restructuring of Child Welfare: The Kunming Model

Author: Wang Yanbin, Zhao Jinyun
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: This book proposes three key concepts in its research on the family foster care model of the "Kunming Model": "children without parental care," "individual socialization," and "welfare socialization." It argues that the family foster care model currently adopted by Kunming's children's welfare institutions is a social approach that enables children without parental care to find a sense of "belonging" in society. It also believes that within this foster care model, the two aspects of "socialization" for these children are effectively integrated. The book is guided by the following rationale: seeking theoretical justification and the necessity of practice, summarizing the practical process of the "Kunming Model," and exploring the characteristics and mechanisms of rural family foster care under the general framework of the "Kunming Model." This enables more people concerned with the family foster care model to recognize the value and guiding significance of the "Kunming Model." Family foster care is a method implemented by social children's welfare institutions, which assists "children without parental care" through certain procedures to enter families willing to take on the responsibility of raising them. The Children's Welfare Institute of Kunming has conducted various explorations in managing and operating this new model of foster care for children without parental care, forming a localized "Kunming Model" operational mechanism. During the research on the "Kunming Model," the book proposes three key concepts: "children without parental care," "individual socialization," and "welfare socialization." It argues that the family foster care model currently adopted by Kunming's children's welfare institutions is indeed a social approach that enables children without parental care to find a sense of "belonging" in society. It also believes that within this foster care model, the two aspects of "socialization" for these children are effectively integrated. The book is guided by the following rationale: seeking theoretical justification and the necessity of practice, summarizing the practical process of the "Kunming Model," and exploring the characteristics and mechanisms of rural family foster care under the general framework of the "Kunming Model." This enables more people concerned with the family foster care model to recognize the value and guiding significance of the "Kunming Model." Family foster care is a method implemented by social children's welfare institutions, which assists "children without parental care" through certain procedures to enter families willing to take on the responsibility of raising them. The Children's Welfare Institute of Kunming has conducted various explorations in managing and operating this new model of foster care for children without parental care, forming a localized "Kunming Model" operational mechanism.