Psychologist Terri Apter has argued that "criticism between mother and daughter often fosters a daughter's intellectual and emotional growth".
"It is something the industry needs to do and we need to look at how the BBC fosters talent," he said.
In the early years of the great depression Adams's book sparked a great national debate about the promise of America as a place that fosters "the genuine worth of each man or woman", whose efforts should be restricted by "no barriers beyond their own natures".
I would say military culture is one that fosters respect for rank, for superiors, so if you have a retired senior enlisted or senior officer selling people that this is a good company, or that this is a good place for them to spend their money, that can be very, very effective".
To most outside the bubble, this excessive navel-gazing is wearying, even alienating: it fosters the sense of a media class which is only interested in what people like them have said about other people like them.
She wrote in her book, America By Heart, that "the new feminism is telling women they are capable and strong" – her subtext being, of course, that the old feminism fosters weakness in women by empowering them to speak out against injustice (you know, like weak people do).
"Fear of attack fosters a greater tendency to pre-emptively blame others".
The Tête à Tête Festival, held annually in London, commissions and showcases new work, and genuinely fosters first-time writers and composers.
There's something about the dedication to honesty and emotional work involved in poly that fosters self-knowledge, trust and compersion (poly-speak for happiness in your partner's romantic happiness).
And what on earth would the last train home be like if there weren't hundreds of cross-eyed stag-night types shouting "This is Sparta!" and vomiting Fosters on the seats?
That fosters great caution; I don't want to get into another battle with giant rabbits unless I know for sure I can survive it.
