scholarly journals Transnational Families and the Family Nexus: Perspectives of Indonesian and Filipino Children Left behind by Migrant Parent(s)

10.1068/a4445 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 793-815 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elspeth Graham ◽  
Lucy P Jordan ◽  
Brenda S A Yeoh ◽  
Theodora Lam ◽  
Maruja Asis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transnational Families ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
The Family ◽  
Filipino Children ◽  
Children Left Behind ◽  
Migrant Parent

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Francisco-Menchavez
Keyword(s):  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Care Work ◽  
Transnational Families ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Transnational Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
School Graduation ◽  
Gendered Ideologies ◽  
Main Intervention

The introduction chapter lays out the book’s main intervention, “multidirectional care” to examine how transnational family members from different places in the diaspora exchange care work in many different forms. Although the care work from transnational families are not similar in form (monetary remittances versus high school graduation) they generate labor nonetheless. The incommensurability of the currencies and capital of care work in transnational families is the inquiry of this work because these labors are often circulating on various political, financial and affective economies, yet some of them are valued less, or worse, invisible. By framing the laboring lives of Filipina migrants and their transnational families through the theory of social reproduction, the circulation of care work transnationally, reconceptualization of alternative care providers left behind and shifting gendered ideologies makes the unseen work of reproducing the family, particularly in a transnational arrangement, visible.

Impacts of Migration on Families

2021 ◽  
pp. 331-384
Author(s):  
Robert E.B. Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Married Couples ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Parental Migration ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Urban Migrants ◽  
The Family ◽  
Paternal Absence ◽  
Catch Up ◽  
Children Left Behind

The departure of adults from rural homes raises the living standards of the family left behind, but separation of married couples through migration tends to be endemic to particular societies. The proportion of married women left alone in a rural home is particularly large in much of Africa. The incidence of long-term separation before the wife follows the husband into town is high. Yet, more women than men among rural-urban migrants are without their partner who has moved on. The intersection of child and parental migration leaving children in towns with no relative present is shown to be problematic in Haiti and much of Africa. Otherwise, having migrated into town, children are better educated than those remaining at home, but they do not catch up with their urban-born counterparts. Education of children left behind in villages is hurt by maternal migration, though remittance receipts more than offset paternal absence.

scholarly journals The Cost of “A Better Life”: Children Left Behind—Beyond Ambiguous Loss

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2110444
Author(s):  
Mirna Carranza
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Emotional Needs ◽  
Parental Migration ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Transnational Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Children Left Behind ◽  
Migration Analysis ◽  
The Cost

Aim: The aim of the study is to learn how children left behind in El Salvador and Nicaragua, due to parental migration, experience care across borders. Demographics: 80 participants: adolescents ( n = 21; age 13–18 years; 11 females and 10 males); emerging adults ( n = 10; age 19–30 years; whose parents had migrated when they were children); grandparents and guardians caring for children whose parents had migrated ( n = 14; 12 females and 2 males); professionals (social workers, nurses, lawyers, and teachers); and community leaders involved and/or working directly with children and youth whose parents had immigrated ( n = 35). Methodology: Using grounded theory, the study began with one sensitizing concept: parental migration. Analysis: Modified grounded theory principles centered the exploratory nature of the study. Findings: The reconfiguration of the family after parental migration did not meet the emotional needs of children, challenging notions of a “better life.” Implications: These experiences are redefining notions of the transnational family through new geographies of care.

Social support, well-being and involvement of fathers in transnational families in the Philippines

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 492-510
Author(s):  
Melissa Garabiles
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Spousal Support ◽  
Paternal Involvement ◽  
Transnational Migration ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Transnational Families ◽  
Left Behind

This study investigated left-behind Filipino fathers and their involvement as child caregivers. It hypothesized that social support and well-being predict paternal involvement, with well-being as the mediator. Results showed that familial and peer support predicted involvement, with well-being as mediator. Spousal support did not predict involvement or well-being. Findings highlight the importance of familial and peer support to left-behind fathers. Interactions between significant predictors of involvement present novel pathways to childcare. The non-significant role of spousal support is discussed in the context of transnational migration. Several interventions involving families and peers are suggested.

Effects of International Male Migration on Wives Left Behind in Rural Tamil Nadu

2021 ◽  
pp. 097152152199796
Author(s):  
H. Arokkiaraj ◽  
Archana Kaushik ◽  
S. Irudaya Rajan
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Psychological Problem ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Size Analysis ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Economic Returns ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
The Family

Emigration by skilled and semi-skilled workers from India to the Middle East is a strategy for better economic returns. Families rarely accompany migrants. Drawing insights from primary data gathered from intensive fieldwork in Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu, this article attempts to understand the psychological consequences on the wives left behind. A mixed sampling method was used to derive the sample size. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Pearson’s chi-square tests were mainly used for quantitative analysis supplemented by qualitative methods. The results indicated that wives considered loneliness the most significant psychological problem arising from their husbands’ absence. Stress was also caused by financial problems and the necessity of taking on additional roles in the family.

scholarly journals Μετανάστριες οικιακές βοηθοί και “διεθνική” οικογένεια

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Κατερίνα Βασιλικού
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
Transnational Families ◽  
Family Ties ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Transnational Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
State Of Research

<p>In this paper, there is an effort to make a<br />classifi cation of the family relations of the<br />immigrant women who come to Greece<br />from Eastern Europe and the Balkans to<br />work as domestic workers. First, we have a<br />presentation of the state of research about<br />‘transnational’ families and of the relevant<br />terminology. Then, from a biographical<br />research on these women and on the basis of<br />their testimonies we see that the separation<br />and the reunion are the two limits of<br />existence of the transnational family. Women<br />fi nd ways of keeping the family united and at<br />the same time they defi ne largely in this way<br />their identity. Finally, a categorization of the<br />family ties of immigrant women shows that<br />the relation parents-children is the more<br />decisive for the existence of the transnational<br />family.</p>

scholarly journals The social integration of barrel children in Canadian society

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Denise Lawrence
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Black Feminism ◽  
Black Teachers ◽  
Canadian Society ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
The Social ◽  
Children Left Behind ◽  
And Gender ◽  
And Migration

People migrate globally in search of better lives, and migration often produces political, sociocultural, and economic turbulence. This qualitative study explored the lived experiences of two Caribbean barrel children, whose mothers sought employment in Canada and abandoned or left their children in the care of family members. Data consisted of two daughters’ stories daughters, which illustrate the complexities of the barrel-children phenomena. A narrative approach was used to collect the data, and theoretical frameworks guiding the study included Bowlby’s attachment theory, Black feminism, and the intersectionality of race, class, and gender. Data analysis involved structural and narrative analysis. The study found that, in contrast to the literature, the two participants had positive experiences as barrel children and in reuniting with their parents in Toronto. The study highlights the importance of grandmothers in caring for children left behind and even after reunification with parents in Canada. The Black community, along with Black teachers, also play key roles in helping barrel children integrate into Canadian society and face challenges such as racism. Keywords: Barrel children, Canada, Caribbean immigrants, Children left behind, Parental separation.

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