A foster parent raises a child not born to them, for a time. Become a foster parent, a long-term foster parent.
The arrangement is temporary in law even when it lasts for years, which is what separates it from adoption. A foster parent is paid an allowance for the child rather than a wage.
1nounfoster parentSomebody who raises a child not born to them, for a time.
“They were a foster parent to eleven children over twenty years.”
foster parent is a parent.
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