Currently, the number of returns of children from foster families to public institutions reaches 10%. The study of the phenomenon of return of children from substitute families from the pedagogical and acmeological points of view is one of the most acute problems of modern social and pedagogical science and practice. The aim of the article is to identify the problems that arise among the returned children. The methods of research are theoretical analysis of the phenomenon of “the return” and a survey of specialists from state institutions that accept children after the return.
