How to Use foster parent in a Sentence

foster parent

noun
  • What were those early years like as a new foster parent?
    Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
  • In the chick’s early days, the foster parents kept a close watch.
    Karen Kucher, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The couple has been foster parents for four years.
    Libby Smith, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • Mildred, with big brown eyes and long brown hair, at church with her foster parents.
    Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • One night, the young boy took a piece of chicken from the foster parents’ school-age son.
    Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 16 June 2025
  • All my neighbors are foster parents too.
    Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Nigel is in need of a new foster parent or owner after he was found in rough shape.
    Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Sandra & Jeff have been foster parents for four years.
    Libby Smith, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • His foster parents are willing to make an eight-hour drive to get him to a new, loving home.
    Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2024
  • But for the most part a lot of the adoptive and foster parents are receptive and want to learn.
    J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The foster parents potty trained the girls and put the older daughter in school.
    Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2025
  • When his foster parents died, his family then sent him to a boarding school.
    Victoria Edel, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Even Ranger’s foster parent was impressed with the fast turnaround the wide-eyed cat made.
    Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2025
  • The foster parents and their adult daughter pleaded guilty to abusing children in their care.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Penelope also loves car rides, but the foster parent is still working on her dog's leash-walking skills.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Andi had worked in foster care licensing and did a lot of training for new foster parents.
    Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2024
  • How has being a foster parent shaped your understanding of what kids in the system need?
    Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The best recruiters for new foster parents are current foster parents.
    Sarah Healy Eagan, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
  • He was later put with foster parents in Heidelberg because there was no one there.
    Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • IndyStar is not naming the foster parent at this time and no one has been accused of abuse or any crime.
    Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 1 May 2024
  • For those unfamiliar, what’s the process to become a foster parent?
    Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Davis argued that the agency couldn’t have predicted the abuse from a foster parent who passed a background check.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Deena McMahon was brought on as an expert witness for the foster parent.
    Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Plus, the mom of five says Tommie's foster parents have remained in his life as aunt and uncle figures.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Not long after, his foster parents asked if Claire and Eric could watch him on weekends.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The singer also spoke in her interview about wanting to become a foster parent in the future.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Grape has been living with foster parents Cailee and Jack, who took him to the Santa event.
    Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Piper has been a foster parent for 10 years with about 100 young people coming through her home.
    Libby Smith, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Her faith was very important to her and her kind heart sparked dreams of becoming a paramedic and a foster parent in the future.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The Mayes are believed to have been his foster parents since May 2023.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2024

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