foster care

Noun

Meaning

supervised care for delinquent or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

foster home foster family day care childcare child care adopted parents custody case adoptive parent daycare center child care facility childcare facility child-care center adopted child foster homes adoptive families
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Antonyms

nursing home retirement community assisted living uninstall retirement home care home
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Hypernyms

charge care tutelage guardianship

Examples

Too many children in foster care are falling through cracks. Be a hero, take the time learn about adoption today. Bruce Willis

More broadly, we are going to have to examine the safety net programs to make sure they are poised to catch the families before they fall even more, especially in the areas of unemployment benefits, child care assistance, and foster care. Richard Neal

I am a struggling writer. A middle-aged man with two little kids and I'm just trying to earn a living. So buy this book - or my kids will have to go to foster care. Christopher Darden

Children born to teens have less supportive and stimulating environments, poorer health, lower cognitive development, and worse educational outcomes. Children of teen mothers are at increased risk of being in foster care and becoming teen parents themselves, thereby repeating the cycle. Jane Fonda

Many children in the foster care system are often in the midst of a family challenge. Michele Bachmann

Everyone picked on me in school because I was in foster care. Dave Pelzer

Close letter words and terms

fostemsavir foster foster brother foster carers foster child Foster City