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Foster child
* All foster children have unique backgrounds, experiences, personalities, strengths and weaknesses.
* Many foster children have special needs, such as for counseling, speech therapy, or tutoring
  - refuse to be cuddled
* Most foster children share a bedroom with a same gender child close in age.
* ren are children
  - often eligible for free meals, regardless of the foster parents' income
  - can remain in a receiving home for up to thirty days
* ren come from all communities
  - in all shapes, sizes, ages and have individual needs and preferences
  - count as a household of one
* ren have considerable health needs
  - the same needs as other children
  - live in family foster homes and group care settings
  - range in age from infancy through teens
  - vary in age from newborn babies to teens

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Gifted child
* All gifted children are special because of their intellectual abilities.
* Many gifted children have to constantly monitor what they say and do in order to fit in with peers.
* More gifted children come from higher socioeconomic levels
  - the upper socioeconomic levels
* ren are above average in height, weight, and physical development
  - at least as varied as any other group of children
  - less successful in later life
  - more likely to be introverted than other children
  - most successful in later life
  - often capable of complex concrete reasoning
  - physically weak and sickly
  - problem solvers
  - still children
  - usually markedly different from their peers
  - can also have their problems and social difficulties
  - come from all racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds
  - have special needs, both academic and social
  - learn differently from other children
* ren tend to be very sensitive to the expectations of their parents and teachers
  - think differently and learn more quickly than their peers

Grow child
* ren need adults.
* ren require calories
  - more calories

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Healthy child
* ren are able to learn and play, and grow to be strong, productive adults
  - active children
  - productive children
  - become healthy adults
* ren can be the greatest resource of any country
  - have recurrent infections and be totally healthy
  - usually fight off illness
  - feel remorse when they do something that hurts another
  - get at least six colds a year
  - learn more and are more likely to grow up to be healthy productive adults
  - tend to follow their appropriate percentile growth curves

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Homeless child
* Some homeless children get food and shelter from private charities.
* ren are a problem of plague proportions in all of Latin America.
* ren are also a result of the changed economic system
  - twice as likely as their housed peers to have learning disabilities
  - at increased risk of falling behind in immunizations
  - in fair or poor health twice as often as other children
  - more likely than other children to be at risk for emotional problems
  - the fastest growing population of the homeless population
  - get sick four times as often as children in middle class families
  - have the right to a decentplace to live, clothing and a healthy diet

Human child
* ren are located in churchs
  - countries
  - unusually dependent for a long period of time
  - go through several observable changes as they grow
* ren have a long childhood
  - memories slightly longer than the radioactive half-life of plutonium
  - learn by playing, as well

Hyperactive child
* Some hyperactive children have a range of socially unacceptable habits and behaviors.
* ren are always in motion.
* ren are more active, distractible, and high strung than their peers
  - likely to use drugs than normal children
  - predominantly fidgety
  - very prone to accidents
  - become magnesium deficient for two reasons
  - tend to be impulsive and lack self-control
  - tolerate fewer rules than the normal child