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Reuniting children with their families and rebuilding relations after separation or alienation remains a topical issue and one of the most difficult and consequential challenges in family welfare services programs. This book, edited by 4 experts within the broad field of family science and social work, contains 16 referred chapters and captures different aspects of family reunification from multiple perspectives for out-of-home children and youth. Across the chapters co-authored by several contributors, the book addresses relational concepts, theories, and practice; provides an in-depth treatment of issues beyond mere case management; and examines the crucial realities of trauma, cultural diversity, the complexities of reimagining family connections after separation or alienation, and institutional constraints. The collection's distinctive value also includes its ethical commitments (children's rights, dignity, belonging, and voice), as well as healing, identity formation, and long-term well-being. This 400-page book appears intentionally broad and formidable in scope and can be logically categorized into the following 5 major areas: Family Structure, Culture, and Kinship: Family can take different forms, including nuclear, single parent, and co-parenting. Understanding the different situations in each family structure is essential when considering child and youth reconnection. The book addresses kinship networks, extended family, community ties, and culturally grounded caregiving arrangements. Each of these family structures has unique cultural values that may impact children and youth. By avoiding universalizing Western cultures and assumptions, providers can instead explore how rebuilding can include strengthening links with extended families, including grandparents, aunts/uncles, clan networks, or community elders. These strategies can serve as alternative solutions to direct parent–child restoration when safety concerns persist. Relationship-centered Practice and Policymaking: The book's primary strength is its insistence that relational work is not “soft,” but technical, ethically complex, and often with higher stakes than procedural tasks. Rebuilding family relations implies careful attention to boundaries, trust, emotional safety, and potential changes. Conceptually, the book distinguishes between contact, connection, reconciliation, and repair and avoids equating proximity with well-being. The distinctions of these concepts are crucial for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers. Rebuilding relationships can be challenging and requires efforts beyond the rush for often rewarded measurable outputs (number of visits, compliance milestones) while neglecting relational outcomes (felt safety, mutual recognition, reduced fear, strengthened identity coherence). Children and Youths as Active Agents, not Passive Subjects: Considering children's rights and participation in the process of reunification and rebuilding relations are given attention. The authors emphasize the need to treat children and youths as stakeholders by seeking their input through voice, choice, and gradual empowerment, rather than treating them as objects of adult negotiation. The authors emphasized the need to prepare children for contact, support them in identifying boundaries, and help them process without forcing premature “forgiveness” narratives. Awareness of Potential Trauma and Loss Due to Family Separation: The book identifies the forms of loss that family separation generates (loss of home, community, and acquaintances, siblings, and extended kin). Rebuilding relationships, therefore, cannot be approached as a linear “reunification pathway” alone; it must address trauma responses, shame, anger, and the distortions that emerge when family members have experienced surveillance, coercion, or adversarial court processes. Relational repair is both therapeutic and a form of social connection, involving emotional processing, narrative repair, and practical support (housing, income stability, mental health care) to facilitate safe relationship building. Practice Relevance: The book offers practical guidance with the potential to help practitioners evaluate reunification readiness, not just by evaluating potential risk but also by assessing whether all parties are willing and ready for what kind of contact and under what conditions and what supports are needed before attempting relationship repair. Contributions, Gaps, and Suggestions for Future Work: Few areas in human services and social work generate as much ethical tension as decisions about children and youth separation and attempts at reunification in the aftermath. The book attempts to address the challenging discourse on these topical issues is highly commendable as the editors largely achieved their goals. However, integrating case examples, reflective questions, and practice tools could further enhance practice through life cases. Also, including structured elements, such as practice checklists, frameworks, or supervision prompts, could further improve day-to-day use.