foster parent
/fˈɑːstɚ pˈɛɹənt/
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Sign ina person who takes someone else's child and raises them without legally becoming their parent
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She became a foster parent to provide a loving home for children in need.
The foster parent attended special training sessions to better care for the child.
widow
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a married woman whose spouse is dead and has not married again
widower
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a man whose spouse is dead and has not remarried
family tree
/ˈfæməli ˈtri/
a chart, showing the relationship between all the members of a family over a long period of time
household
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all the people living in a house together, considered as a social unit
adoption
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the act or fact of taking someone's child and growing them up, which has been approved by law
orphan
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a child whose parents have died
maternity
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the quality or fact of being a mother to a child or children
paternity
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the quality or fact of being a father to a child or children
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