[영문]The profile of Egyptian foster children has changed tremendouslysince the establishment of Egyptian family foster care in 1959. Thisis a result of changes in foster family practice and changes in theprofile of foster families. The changes in family foster care practiceincluded terminating the use of wet nurses and replacing themwith Childhood and Motherhood Care Centers and by determininga specific age that foster children would leave the foster care system.The changes in the foster family profile included the educationalqualifications of foster mothers, the jobs of foster mothers and fosterfathers, the motivation to be a foster family, and the number of bedroomsin a foster family home. These changes have been made in thehope of offering the highest quality of welfare for foster children andtheir foster families and achieving the best interests for both of them.