I've also had the experience of overhearing people say things like widescreen DVDs cut off part of the picture.. That is just wrong. In fact, the opposite is true. For those of you who don't know, here's a crash course on the difference between widescreen and full screen. Movie screens are rectangular. TV screens are square. (Or at least most of them are; HDTVs are changing this rapidly.) When you transfer a rectangular image to a square TV set, it doesn't fit.
Foster care: Licensed foster care is made up of individuals or families who have requested to be able to take dependent children into their home. Foster homes are licensed and inspected regularly, and foster parents go through a rigorous interview process before being approved.
To promote the growth and development of; cultivate: detect and foster artistic talent. See Synonyms at advance. To nurse; cherish: foster a secret hope. adjective. Providing parental care and nurture to children not related through legal or blood ties: foster parents; foster grandparents; a foster home. Receiving parental care and nurture from those not related to one through legal or blood ties: foster children. Origin of foster