The wellbeing of young people in foster varied. Some of them had difficulty locating themselves within the foster family on the one hand and the birth family on the other. Some felt that they belonged to neither family which affected their coping resources.
Líðan ungmennanna í fóstri var misgóð, sum þeirra áttu erfitt með að staðsetja sig innan fósturfjölskyldu annars vegar og upprunafjölskyldu hins vegar og sumum fannst þau tilheyra hvorugri fjölskyldunni sem hefur áhrif á bjargráð þeirra.