［目的］
　2019 年，厚生労働省が公示した「社会的養育の推進に向けて」を中心に，「子どもの権利条約」から派生している「家庭養育優先の理念」を基調にした里親制度の実態を学術的実行的に解明する。
［方法］
　Ａプロセス
　　１．文献検索　２．データ収集　３．論文作成
　Ｂ文献
　　１．主要文献
　　　・「社会的養育の推進に向けて」　・児童福祉法　・国内外の里親制度
　　２．他文献
　　　・児童虐待の実態　・発達心理学　・家族社会学　・里親の意識調査
　　　・母子関係論　・母子看護論　・その他
［結果］
　文献検討により，次の項目の論旨を構築し，私論をまとめた。
　１．社会的養護としての里親の概念
　２．社会的養護制度における里親制度
　３．わが国の里親の現状
　４．児童虐待と里親制度

Purpose
This research makes clear the principle foster parents system based family care first, for academic and practical effect. Main database is “Promotion of Social Child Care”that was published by Ministry of Health Labor in Japan, at 2019.Principle of family care first is derived from“United Nation Convention on the Right of the Child”

Method
A Process
1. Reference of literature
2. Collection of data
3. Logical statement of paper
B Literature
1. Main literature
・“Promotion of Social Child Care”
・Child Welfare Act
・Circumstance of foster care in Japan and another countries
2. Another literature
・Actual condition of child abuse
・Family sociology
・Relation theory of mother and child
・Nursing care theory, mother and child
・Developmental psychology
・Conscious research about foster parents
・etc.

Results
We constructed the following contents;
1. Overview of foster parents as social care for children.
2. Foster care system in regards to social care for children.
3. Present situation of foster care.
4. Child abuse and foster care.