Words matter

By the Bridge (undated) Foster carer vs foster parent. Available at: www.bythebridge.co.uk/im-interested-in-becoming-a-foster-parent/fostering-with-us/foster-carer-or-foster-parent/

Canzi E Ranieri S Ferrari L , et al. (2021) Writing about our adoption: A qualitative study on intercountry adoptive parents’ narratives during the first post-adoption year. Adoption & Fostering 45(2): 122–137.

Department for Education (2010) The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010. Available at: legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/959/contents

Department for Education (2011) Fostering Services: National Minimum Standards. Available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/192705/NMS_Fostering_Services.pdf

Department for Education (2013) The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review and Fostering Services (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013. Available at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/984/contents/made

Department for Education (2015) The Care Planning and Fostering (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2015. Available at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/495/pdfs/uksi_20150495_en.pdf

Department for Education and Skills (2007) Care Matters: Time for Change, Cmd. 7137.

Hollin G Larkin M (2011) The language and policy of care and parenting: Understanding the uncertainty about key players’ roles in foster care provision. Children and Youth Services Review 33(11): 2198–2206.

Hussein BAS (2012) The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis today. Theory and Practice in Language Studies 2(3): 642–646.

Narey M Owers M (2018) Foster Care in England: A Review for the Department for Education. Available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679320/Foster_Care_in_England_Review.pdf

Royal Commission (1957) Report of the Royal Commission on the Law Relating to Mental Illness and Mental Deficiency, 1954–7, cmnd 169. London: HMSO, pp. 168–170.

Schofield G Beek M Ward E Biggart L (2013) Professional foster carer and committed parent: Role conflict and role enrichment at the interface between work and family in long-term foster care. Child & Family Social Work 18(1): 46–56.