foster parent

基本解釋

Social networks are also being used to foster teacher-parent communication.
社交網(wǎng)絡也被用來協(xié)助教師與家長的溝通。
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Objective To understand the differences between parent foster modes of middle school students and the achievement of learning.
目的了解中學生父母養(yǎng)育方式與學習成績的關系。
Today’s families may include both the biological mother and father or a single parent or guardian, grandparents or other extended family, same-gender parents, or foster parents.
今天的家庭可能包括親生父母，或者是單親或監(jiān)護人，以及祖父母或其他延伸的家庭成員，甚至是同性父母或者養(yǎng)父母。

In practice, this involves making life hell for any foster parent who has the guts, or the kindness, to take Astrid on.
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