1.   They are likely to need very careful handling if their substitute parents are to establish a happy relationship with them.

2.   This was an influential study which broadly supported the view that permanent substitute parents should be found for children in long-term care.

3.   On Monday, the court said public school officials, in effect, are substitute parents during school hours.

4.   Remember that a sitter basically is a substitute parent, temporarily responsible for one or more children and the home in which those children live.

5.   There are still many wonderful people in the foster-care system, caseworkers and substitute parents who give of themselves generously.

6.   Colleagues described him as a charming, effective speaker who became a substitute parent to many of the teens under his care.

7.   Erickson told CNN it was only after Beasley made the issue public that Michelsen said the couple had lined up substitute parents.