"In England and Wales, 141,000 children are being raised by kinship carers, who in the majority of cases are keeping children out of the care system and within their loving families, saving the state billions. Yet unlike working parents, including adoptive parents, kinship carers have no right to paid employment leave when they take on the care of a child."
AI says, "Kinship carers are relatives (grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings) or close family friends ("fictive kin") who raise children when biological parents cannot. As the preferred, stable alternative to foster care, this arrangement helps children maintain family connections, cultural traditions, and reduces trauma.
Wikipedia says, "Kinship care is a term used in the United States and Great Britain for the raising of children by grandparents, other extended family members, and unrelated adults with whom they have a close family-like relationship such as godparents and close family friends because biological parents are unable to do so for whatever reason."
HERE is the link to the article where I learned this term, if you want to know more: "I'm Raising My Sister’s Children After She Died. Where's The Support For People Like Me?" by Natasha Hinde (published on 11/02/2026 in the UK).
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