An adult member of an immediate family who is treated by others in the family, especially the parents, as though they were a child.
The youngest member of an immediate family.
A member of an immediate family who behaves as, or is treated as though they were the youngest member of a family.
A foster parent.
The care given to another; guardianship.
To cultivate and grow something.
To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
To nurse or cherish something.
Related by such care.
Receiving such care.
Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.