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Foster care is the term used for a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home, or private home of a state-certified caregiver referred to as a `foster parent`. The placement of the child is usually arranged through the government or a social-service agency. The institution, group home or foster parent is compensated for expe.....
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(from the article `kinship`) Fostering may also be regarded as a form of fictive kinship in which foster parents provide for children and give moral as well as material support. ... ...once made up the majority of children living in institutional homes, the number of children who lose both parents through death has been greatly ... [...
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Court-ordered care provided to children who are unable to live in their own homes, usually because their parents have abused or neglected them. Foster parents have a legal responsibility to care for their foster children, but do not have all the rights of a biological parent--for example, they may have limited rights to discipline the children, to ...
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noun supervised care for delinquent or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home
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Care of children away from the home when the family is unable to fill its normal role. Foster families offer children a closer approximation to normal family living than other types of substitute care. Children require foster care for a variety of reasons such as the death of their parents, parental inability to provide financially, and violence in...
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the raising or supervision of foster children, as orphans or delinquents, in an institution, group home, or private home, usually arranged through a government or social-service agency that provides remuneration for expenses.
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