"fostering independence" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is used to describe the act of promoting or developing self-sufficiency and individual autonomy. Example: The school's curriculum focuses on fostering independence in students, encouraging them to take responsibility for their own learning and growth.
If nurses' aides aren't feeling rushed to dress and bathe residents, the thinking goes, they're more likely to let them perform more of these tasks themselves, fostering independence.
This paper is intended to inform the design of technologies that help people perform daily tasks, by prompting them when they have difficulties, thus fostering independence and quality of life.
Now, she and her stepdaughter, Nicole Sheindlin, 38, are teaming up with Westchester County to help a group of teenage girls take control of their future through a new mentoring program, called Her Honor, aimed at fostering independence through careers.
In other words, despite international NGOs' widely publicized commitments to listening to beneficiaries, they cannot hear this expectation of interdependence — because it conflicts with their core commitment to fostering independence rather than dependence.
Many more like Smith, worried that the bicycle might permanently change the women's role in society by fostering independence.
For many parents, fostering independence takes a back seat if it means ensuring their child's gainful employment.
Transition programs for adolescents with PAH deficiency should foster independence.
Many school districts, for instance, continue to require multiples to be separated in class to help them foster independence.
"The goal of the clubhouse is to foster independence through a variety of tasks," said the clubhouse's director, Beth Schultz.
As a result, many pediatric centers continue to follow adult patients (often at pediatric hospitals), which does not foster independence.
Even if we sympathize with progressivists in wanting schools to foster independence of mind, we shouldn't assume that it is obvious how best to do this.
