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Threat to place a child
Sidney Z Moss1, Miriam S Moss2
1Northwest Center.
The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
|January 1, 1984
Insights
Parents sometimes threaten to place children, but rarely follow through. This paper explores why parents make these threats and how both parents and children react to them.
Area of Science:
- Child Psychology
- Family Therapy
- Clinical Social Work
Background:
- Threatening child placement is a frequent clinical issue.
- Understanding parental threats is crucial for effective intervention.
- Parental threats impact child and family dynamics.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify conditions precipitating parental threats of child placement.
- To analyze parent and child responses to such threats.
- To inform clinical practice regarding child placement threats.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative analysis of clinical case vignettes.
- Review of therapeutic interventions.
- Exploration of theoretical frameworks.
Main Results:
- Common triggers include parental stress and perceived child non-compliance.
- Children may exhibit fear, anger, or withdrawal.
- Parents' threats often stem from feelings of helplessness.
Conclusions:
- Parental threats of placement, though often empty, require clinical attention.
- Addressing the underlying parental distress is key.
- Therapeutic strategies should focus on communication and coping skills.
Abstract:
The threat to place a child is a common theme in clinical work with parents and children. While most parents do not follow through with their threat to place, the threat itself is an important issue. This paper discusses the conditions that often precipitate a parent's decision to threaten a child with placement, as well as the responses to that threat by both parent and child.
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