Whats a Nurse Child ?

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Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 433 Send Message	Maureen	Report	23 May 2006 13:13
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 433 Send Message	Can anybody please explain what it means. Or rather, i can guess, but why did it happen. I have got a 5 month old baby on 1851 called a nurse child, living with a couple who appear not to be related. Mo
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 3,355 Send Message	Glen In Tinsel Knickers	Report	23 May 2006 13:18
	A nurse child could be a child who was being cared for (fostered if you like).Sometimes they are relations others times they are not,but there are different opinions as to the exact definition. Glen
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	23 May 2006 13:19
	usually means a foster child arrangement,often for money if the child isnt related
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Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 433 Send Message	Maureen	Report	23 May 2006 13:29
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 433 Send Message	Thanks Glen and Shirley. I thought it meant someone who was feeding a child (nursing) because there was something wrong with the Mother, but the woman who is looking after him is 48 so that sort of knocked that on the head Mo