foster daughter
Non-biological raised child
A foster daughter is a girl raised by adults who are not her biological or adoptive parents, typically through a formal arrangement with social services.
Unlike adoption, foster care is often temporary, though the relationship may become permanent.
The term emphasizes the caregiving bond rather than legal parenthood: Their foster daughter came to live with them when she was seven.
- adoptedMade legally one's own
- stepdaughterSpouse's child by another
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- legal guardianCourt-appointed child protector
- familyRelated people together
chosen family · bond · nurture · care · child welfare · ward · orphan · placement · forever home · home · love · parenting · child · birth mother · custody · kinship · biological · mother
- female relativesmother, sister, aunt, grandmother, niece
- girlsgirl, lass, lassie, miss, missy
- younger relativesson, grandson, granddaughter, nephew, niece
- extended familyaunt, uncle, grandparents, grandparent, great aunt
foster, daughter, fostered, fostering, fosters, daughters, daughterly