foster parents = people who have children living in their existing family for a fixed period, with the original parents’ agreement

guardians = people who are legally appointed to protect a child’s interests in the absence of parents

role models = people that children look to and respect as good examples

ground rules = basic rules governing the way people can behave in a situation

conventions = traditions or social norms that most people follow

codes of conduct = voluntary rules which people accept in a situation

bullying = when children attack and intimidate other children

truancy = when a pupil leaves school without permission (verb = to play truant from school)

delinquency = minor crime (often by young people)

abduction = the crime of taking or kidnapping people for a criminal reason

peer pressure = the pressure from people in the same group to act in a certain way

dual-income = a family where both the father and mother work

breadwinner = the person who earns all or most of the money in a family

child-minding = caring informally (not in schools) for children when parents are busy or working

after-school childcare = caring for children in a school setting, as above

viable = practical and possible to achieve

peers = people in the same group or level as yourself

bonding = the development of close emotional connections between people

patterns of behaviour = ways of acting and doing things (either positive or negative)

well-brought-up (to bring up children = to raise and educate them in your own moral, behavioural or religious conventions)