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n. (surrogate parent English)
Usage examples of "surrogate parents".
Dom had always been a very private person, made so by a childhood spent in a dozen foster homes and under the care of surrogate parents, some of whom were indifferent or even hostile, all of whom were dismayingly temporary presences in his life.
Darkwind was aided by a pair of gryphons and their young, who had served as surrogate parents to him when his own mother died and his father turned strange and alien.
Oh, we had official surrogate parents in the creche, selected for warmth and empathy and emotional stability, but it wasn't the same.
Some surrogate parents and some evacuees crossed boundaries and it worked.
As I understand it, you were brought up by a number of surrogate parents, is that right?
I visited the school and they plan to offer Gavin anything he needs: legal guardianship, a scholarship, counseling, surrogate parents .
Eventually the two of them rented out their elegant farmhouse and moved back into the old place on South Street that had been their original home in order to act as surrogate parents to their grandchildren.
And the only adults the human child sees are robots which act as surrogate parents.