foster children
Temporarily housed youth
Foster children are minors placed in the care of adults who are not their biological parents, typically through government or social service arrangements.
This usually occurs when birth parents cannot provide adequate care due to abuse, neglect, or other circumstances.
Foster care is intended as temporary, though some children remain in the system for years or move through multiple placements.
The couple became licensed to take in foster children after their own kids left home.
Legal non-birth guardians
- permanencyState of being lasting
- reunificationRestoring divided unity
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- legal guardianCourt-appointed child protector
adoptee · homecoming · matching · siblings · family court · petition · consent · finalization
Agency employee helping clients
- home studyLearning outside the classroom
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- custodyProtective care or control
- guardianshipLegal care of another
juvenile court · state care · intervention · permanency planning · licensing · visitation · aging out · social worker
Not given proper attention
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- at-riskSubject to potential harm
- orphanedDeprived of parents
- traumatizedEmotionally damaged by experience
displaced · removed · separated · uprooted · insecure · marginalized · resilient · survivor
Temporary substitute caregiving
- host familyHousehold sheltering temporary guests
- transitionChange from one state
- caregiverOne providing daily assistance
- group homeSupervised shared residence
Connection or fondness
- bondingForming close connections
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- securityProtection from threat
- unconditional loveAffection given freely, always
trust-building · patience · consistency · belonging · acceptance · healing · resilience · safe space
adoptive parents
Legal non-birth guardians
- permanencyState of being lasting
- reunificationRestoring divided unity
- placementPutting somewhere specific
legal guardian · adoptee · homecoming · matching · siblings · family court · petition · consent · finalization · adoption day
caseworker
Agency employee helping clients
- home studyLearning outside the classroom
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- custodyProtective care or control
guardianship · juvenile court · state care · intervention · permanency planning · licensing · visitation · aging out · social worker · independent living
neglected
Not given proper attention
traumatized · displaced · removed · separated · uprooted · insecure · marginalized · resilient · survivor · loss
respite care
Temporary substitute caregiving
- host familyHousehold sheltering temporary guests
- transitionChange from one state
- caregiverOne providing daily assistance
attachment
Connection or fondness
unconditional love · trust-building · patience · consistency · belonging · acceptance · healing · resilience · safe space · emotional support
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- extended householdgrandparents, in-laws, aunts, uncles, cousins
- populationspatients, inpatients, outpatients, elderly patients, stroke patients
- aid recipientsfood stamp users, Medicare recipients, social security recipients, scholarship holders, charity cases
foster childrenadopted children
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