On laughter and loss. Children's experiences of shared time, parenting and security post-separation Sadowski, Christina and McIntosh, Jennifer E. 2016, On laughter and loss. Children's experiences of shared time, parenting and security post-separation, Childhood, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 69-86, doi: 10.1177/0907568215570072. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title On laughter and loss. Children's experiences of shared time, parenting and security post-separation Author(s) Sadowski, Christina McIntosh, Jennifer E. orcid.org/0000-0003-4709-5003 Journal name Childhood Volume number 23 Issue number 1 Start page 69 End page 86 Total pages 18 Publisher Sage Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2016-02 ISSN 0907-5682 1461-7013 Keyword(s) Children and divorce Children’s experiences Children’s views of divorce Joint custody Shared care Shared parenting Shared time parenting Summary Among the research, practice and socio-legal commentary on the substantial sharing of parenting time after separation, children’s voices about their experiences remain overwhelmingly silent. This article draws on findings of a descriptive phenomenological study which investigated Australian school-aged (8- to 12-year-old) children’s descriptions of two binary phenomena: security and contentment in shared time arrangements, and the absence of security and contentment in shared time parenting. Specifically, this article focuses on exploring parental behaviours and interactions recognised by children as sources of security in shared time lifestyles, through happy and needy times. Central to this is the juxtaposition of the child’s experience of security and shared enjoyment with the present parent, against the absence of security emanating from unresolved longing for the ‘absent’ parent. The article provides an empirically derived formulation of children’s advice to parents about shared time parenting, with relevance for family law related parent education forums. Language eng DOI 10.1177/0907568215570072 Field of Research 16 Studies In Human Society 13 Education 22 Philosophy And Religious Studies 170113 Social and Community Psychology Socio Economic Objective 920408 Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being) HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, Sage Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30076503 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 24 Aug 2015, 15:12:10 EST Tue, 25 Aug 2015, 05:16:32 EST Mon, 11 Jan 2016, 11:33:53 EST Wed, 13 Jan 2016, 05:06:00 EST Mon, 04 Apr 2016, 11:22:50 EST Mon, 04 Apr 2016, 11:24:49 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 10 times in TR Web of Science Cited 10 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 448 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 11 Jan 2016, 11:33:53 EST

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