Being, Becoming and Belonging in Constructing Children’s Lived Citizenship with Contact Persons and Contact Families

The article discusses children’s citizenship by linking the dimensions of being, becoming and belonging to concept lived in context contact person family interventions. Drawing on empirical research from Finland Sweden, elaborates how identify if, if so, how, is constructed interventions what extent these constructions leave room for perspectives. results study indicate that contribute construction various ways include perspectives children childhood belonging. However, active participation often seems be governed adults. Thus, giving greater attention intergenerational connections, i.e., adults’ roles forming citizenship, needed.