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  • 101Child Welfare Services (Norway) — The Child Welfare Service of Norway is responsible for protecting the rights and interests of children with a difficult family situation. The service seeks to ensure that children receive adequate care and to prevent them from being subjected to… …

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  • 102Child Labor Amendment — United States of America This article is part of the series: United States Constitution Original text of the Constitution Preamble Articles of the Constitution I · …

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  • 103Foster, Harold Rudolf — ▪ American cartoonist byname  Hal Foster   born Aug. 16, 1892, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Can. died July 25, 1982, Spring Hill, Fla., U.S.       Canadian born cartoonist and creator of “Prince Valiant,” a comic strip notable for its fine drawing and… …

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  • 104Child contact centre — For other uses, see contact centre (disambiguation). Family law …

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  • 105Child's Right to Nurse Act — The Child s Right to Nurse Act is a U.S. legislative act which seeks to protect a child s right to be breastfed in any location where the mother child pair are otherwise authorized to be. It was first introduced in the West Virginia House of… …

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  • 106foster-mother — noun a woman who is a foster parent and raises another s child • Syn: ↑foster mother • Hypernyms: ↑foster parent, ↑foster parent …

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  • 107foster — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ carefully, deliberately (esp. BrE) ▪ The school has carefully fostered its progressive image. VERB + FOSTER ▪ help (to) ▪ …

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  • 108foster — verb 1》 promote the development of. 2》 bring up (a child that is not one s own by birth).     ↘Brit. assign (a child) to be fostered. Derivatives fosterage noun fosterer noun Origin OE fōstrian feed, nourish , from fōster food, nourishment , of… …

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  • 109foster — fos•ter [[t]ˈfɔ stər, ˈfɒs tər[/t]] v. t. 1) to promote the growth or development of: to foster new ideas[/ex] 2) soc to bring up; rear: to foster a child[/ex] 3) soc giving or receiving parental care though not kin by blood or related legally: a …

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  • 110foster brother — a boy brought up with another child of different parents. [bef. 1000; ME; OE foster brothor] * * * …

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