{"title":"Having a House but Not a Home: A Critical Reflection on Prioritizing Youth Perspectives and Well-Being in Research on Family Structural Transitions","authors":"Todd M. Jensen","doi":"10.1111/jftr.70026","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div>\n \n <p><i>Having a house but not a home</i> is a metaphor that aligns with themes I highlight in this critical reflection on the personal, professional, and political experiences that have shaped who I am and fueled my scholarship centering youth perspectives and well-being in the context of family structural transitions. Rooted in feminist reflexive analysis and life course theory, I outline components of my personal life that catalyzed my career as a family scientist. I then discuss elements of my professional training to which my scholarship and academic identity have been firmly anchored. Along the way, I also attend to the political, attempting earnestly to articulate and critique issues of power and their institutional engines that have shaped both my personal and professional experiences. Finally, I seek to bring it all together, striving to unearth the authentic core of who I am and what motivates me as a family scientist.</p>\n </div>","PeriodicalId":47446,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Theory & Review","volume":"18 2","pages":"423-431"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3000,"publicationDate":"2026-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Family Theory & Review","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jftr.70026","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/11/12 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"FAMILY STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Having a house but not a home is a metaphor that aligns with themes I highlight in this critical reflection on the personal, professional, and political experiences that have shaped who I am and fueled my scholarship centering youth perspectives and well-being in the context of family structural transitions. Rooted in feminist reflexive analysis and life course theory, I outline components of my personal life that catalyzed my career as a family scientist. I then discuss elements of my professional training to which my scholarship and academic identity have been firmly anchored. Along the way, I also attend to the political, attempting earnestly to articulate and critique issues of power and their institutional engines that have shaped both my personal and professional experiences. Finally, I seek to bring it all together, striving to unearth the authentic core of who I am and what motivates me as a family scientist.
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