They are all our children: family foster care for unaccompanied young migrants between law, relationships, and educational pathways. The experience of Corciano in Umbria

This article examines foster care for Unaccompanied Foreign Minors (UFM) as an educational practice with a high generative potential, capable of responding in a targeted and respectful way to the needs for protection, recognition, and social inclusion of migrant adolescents living in particularly vulnerable conditions.Through a critical pedagogical approach and a situated qualitative analysis, the article offers an in-depth reflection on the language and cultural categories used to describe and frame these young people, highlighting the risk of turning legal-administrative labels into mechanisms of exclusion. It emphasizes the urgent need for solid intercultural training for educators, social workers, and judicial professionals, who are called to interpret and accompany complex identity pathways and processes of early adultization.Drawing on the concrete experience developed in the municipality of Corciano (Umbria, Italy), the article documents the pedagogical and social effectiveness of both family and professional foster care pathways. These experiences can restore belonging, trust, and life perspectives to young people who are often invisible. Foster care thus emerges not only as a protective measure, but as a relational and generative space of meaningful human connection and active citizenship.