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Foster home

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

Alternative form of foster home..

Example Sentences

For children of 7-14 years of age, life in family-group homes with house parents offers many possibilities but one should consider seriously whether fosterhome care is not indicated for a large group of these children. Fosterhome care should also be applied to juvenile delinquents (in co-operation with child guidance clinics).
She also discusses the desirability of a "mother house," a fosterhome placement with an analyzed motherly person. If fosterhome placement is combined with analytic treatment, work, and recreation, results may be positive.
Under the probate code a probate judge is clothed with the authority to place a minor, that is any child who has not attained his seventeenth birthday, in a private fosterhome.
Jerry, age two, has been living in the same fosterhome for fourteen months.

Synonyms for foster home

Antonyms for foster home

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What does foster home mean?

Foster home means Alternative form of foster home..

What is a synonym for foster home?

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What is the opposite of foster home?

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How do you use foster home in a sentence?

For children of 7-14 years of age, life in family-group homes with house parents offers many possibilities but one should consider seriously whether fosterhome care is not indicated for a large group of these children. Fosterhome care should also be applied to juvenile delinquents (in co-operation with child guidance clinics).

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