What does foster mean?

Answer 1

"Foster" means to help the growth.
- Foster the baby
- Foster your friendship
- Foster my Pet

Answer 2

when you take in a child who needs a place to live away from their parents so they live with people who are fulled trained foster carers who act like your mum and dad.

there are six catigories of foster care

1emergancy - a child needs to stay somewhere for a couple of nights

2short term- a child needs to stay for a few weeks or months until their care plan is arranged

3short breaks- children with a disability or special needs go to stay with another family so their own family can have a break

4remand- when young children are remanded by a court to the care of a specially trained foster carer

5long term- when a child lives with foster carers until they are adults and usually when a child lives in long term placements it is because they dont want be adopted but they need to be away from their birth family for what ever reason.

6 kinship-when a child who is the responsibility of the local authority goes to live with someone they know e.g sister, grandparents etc.

Answer 3

1. encouraged or promoted in growth or development
2. provided with parental care and nurture especially by a surrogate or surrogates

Familiarity information: FOSTERED used as an adjective is rare.


Meaning:
Encouraged or promoted in growth or development
Synonyms:
fostered; nourished
Context example:
dreams of liberty nourished by the blood of patriots cannot easily be given up
Similar:
supported (sustained or maintained by aid (as distinct from physical support))