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Anyone who is formally entrusted with the care of a child is expected to act in loco parentis.
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Latin phrase
In the place of a parent - meaning the legal responsibility of a person or an organisation such as a school or nursery to partly take on the role and responsibilities of a parent.
Anyone who is formally entrusted with the care of a child is expected to act in loco parentis.
A person who has legally adopted a child.
The system which people use to become the full time parents, carers and legal guardians even though they are not the child's biological parents.