adoptive
Not birth, chosen
Adoptive describes relationships formed through adoption rather than biology: an adoptive parent, adoptive family, adoptive home.
The word applies to those who adopt, not to the person adopted—a child has adoptive parents, but the child is adopted, not adoptive.
She was raised by her adoptive mother from infancy.
Encourage development of
- upbringingChildhood care and training
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- supportiveOffering help and reassurance
- affectionateShowing warm regard
mentorship · protection · encouragement · nourishing · compassionate · providing · loving · tender
Mother and father
placement · permanency · kinship · relative · heritage · lineage · ancestry · triad
Selected from alternatives
- selectionChosen item or items
- electiveChosen, not mandated
- decisionSettled course of action
- volitionCapacity for choice
option · deliberate · intentional · preference · determination · resolution · willful · purposeful
Protective care or control
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- petitionFormal written appeal
court · finalization · termination · jurisdiction · parental rights · legislation · attorney · welfare
Connection or fondness
- belongingState of fitting in
- connectionA joining or relation
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- loveIntense fond attachment
kinship · affinity · emotional · unity · closeness · rapport · devotion · commitment
foster
Encourage development of
- upbringingChildhood care and training
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- supportiveOffering help and reassurance
affectionate · mentorship · protection · encouragement · nourishing · compassionate · providing · loving · tender · cultivation
parents
Mother and father
father · placement · permanency · kinship · relative · heritage · lineage · ancestry · triad · birthparent
chosen
Selected from alternatives
volition · option · deliberate · intentional · preference · determination · resolution · willful · purposeful · commitment
custody
Protective care or control
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
petition · court · finalization · termination · jurisdiction · parental rights · legislation · attorney · welfare · compliance
attachment
Connection or fondness
- belongingState of fitting in
- connectionA joining or relation
- acceptanceConsent to receive
love · kinship · affinity · emotional · unity · closeness · rapport · devotion · commitment · loyalty
- child support rolesfoster parent, foster care, guardian, legal guardian, stepparent
- artificialartificial, synthetic, man-made, manufactured, fabricated
adoptivebiological
Relating to living organisms
birth · biological parent · birth parent · natural · blood
- adoptive parentsLegal non-birth guardians
- pet adoptionAcquiring a homeless animal
- adoptive fatherMan who legally becomes parent
- adoptive motherParent by legal choice
- dog adoptionAcquiring a shelter canine
- adoption agencyService arranging child placement
adoption, adopting, adoptions, adoptive father, adoptive mother