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  • 71Child Health Day — Observed by United States Date First Monday in October 2010 date October 4 2011 date October 3 2012 date October 1 Child Health Day is a Uni …

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  • 72foster — ► VERB 1) promote the development of. 2) bring up (a child that is not one s own by birth). 3) Brit. assign (a child) to be fostered. DERIVATIVES fosterage noun fosterer noun. ORIGIN Old English, «feed, nourish»; related to …

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  • 73Child of the Wolves — is a children s novel, published in 1996,[1] about a Siberian husky puppy that joins a wolf pack. It was written by Elizabeth Hall, wife of Island of the Blue Dolphins author, Scott O Dell. Plot Granite is born on a snowy April day in Alaska. For …

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  • 74foster home — n: a household in which care is provided to a child who has been orphaned or removed from the home of his or her natural parents (as for reasons of abuse, neglect, or delinquency) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 75foster — (v.) O.E. *fostrian to supply with food, nourish, support, from fostor food, nourishment, bringing up, from P.Gmc. *fostrom, from root *foth /*fod (see FOOD (Cf. food)). Meaning to bring up a child with parental care is from c.1200; that of to… …

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  • 76foster home — n. a home in which a child or children are raised by people other than their natural or adoptive parents …

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  • 77Child protection — For other uses, see Child protection (disambiguation). Caring for children At home Parents · Extended family …

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  • 78Child and Family Services Review — The Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSR) are conducted by the Children s Bureau, within the United States Department of Health and Human Services, to help States improve safety, permanency, and well being outcomes for children and families… …

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  • 79Foster, Jodie — orig. Alicia Christian Foster born Nov. 19, 1962, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. U.S. film actress and director. A professional actress by age three, she continued to play child roles in family films while earning praise as a teenage prostitute in… …

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  • 80Child Welfare Crisis — ▪ 1996 Introduction by David Tobis       The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the General Assembly in 1989, affirmed the rights of the world s children to be protected against all forms of abuse, neglect, and… …

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