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Adoption is the practice in which an adult assumes the role of parent for a child who is not the adult''s biological offspring. The process usually involves some legal paperwork.The ancient practice of adoption was a way of ensuring male heirs to c...
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Foster care is full-time substitute care of children outside their own home by people other than their biological or adoptive parents or legal guardians.Children who are removed from their biological or adoptive parents, or other legal guardians, ...
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