ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the key attributes and challenges of transnational parenting and the growing phenomenon of transnational families within the European Union. Using the case of children left behind by labor migrants in Central Eastern European member states, the chapter demonstrates that transnational parenting is a functioning yet neglected part of the “right to family life” with significant implications for the field of family law and policy, challenging existing state-centric normative frameworks regulating the family.
