“We learned to love each other on distance” – Virtual caretaking of Romanian migrant mothers in Italy
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Bibliography: Schroot, Tanja: “We learned to love each other on distance” – Virtual caretaking of Romanian migrant mothers in Italy, Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung / Discourse. Journal of Childhood and Adolescence Research, 1-2026, pp. 167-173.
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