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Whether a child is with us for long-time care or for a short period only, our success in meeting his needs will stem from the same essentials: a recognition and acceptance, on the part of both parents and agency, of (1) the need for placement, the reasons therefor, and the probable period of care; (2) the continuing meaning and importance of parents to their children and of children to their parents; (3) the problems attendant upon separation for all concerned. We also need to require of ourselves recognition and acceptance of the important role played by the foster parents, of the difficulties inherent therein, and of our obligation to provide the foster parents not only with casework help and support but to keep them currently aware of the developments and changes in agency practice and philosophy as these affect them.