Open lecture: Thinking about the Development of Care

If you are interested in this discussion, I would like to welcome you to come to an Open Talk on Thinking about the Development of Care, by Assist. Prof Allegra Midgette from Texas A&M. The lecture will happen on Thursday 16th of June at 15:30 in Virta Auditorium 1st Floor (Åkerlundinkatu 5, room 109), or via Zoom https://tuni.zoom.us/j/62612628351. 

No registration is required. 

Care, as a practice, is essential to human development, relationships, and the maintenance of society. Despite being a fundamental practice, we know less about how individuals develop from care-receivers (e.g. recipients of parental/ familiar care) into caregivers (e.g., giving care to others within the present and future families), particularly within the family context. In this talk, I present findings based on a thematic analysis of focus groups investigating how parents and caregivers from different countries conceptualize and experience care within the family. Following a presentation of the findings, I discuss implications for developing curricula that provide practical caregiving skills for supporting future caregivers earlier in their development, so they can be better prepared for their future family roles.