Around a quarter of a million UK children aged 5 to 18 are carers
As sociology students, you will be familiar with discussions and debates about gender roles within the family, especially those concerned with the division of domestic labour. But the role of ‘kinship carer’ may be less familiar. See Box 1 for an explanation of where discussion of this role could be useful in your sociology A-level.
Kinship carers do not form a single homogeneous group, but the roles they play within their family are vital.
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