Kinship Care

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Related Terms

• Extended Family
• Fictive Kin
• Psychological Parent

Definition: The full-time nurturing of a child by someone related to the child by family ties or by prior relationship connection.

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Kinship Care and Strings Attached
When a child leaves the parental home, kinship care must be explored by law, but is it? Guest author Kim Combes looks at practices and the value of family members in a child's life.

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