Security-first thinking and educational practices for young children in foster care in Sweden and England: A think piece

•Little research exists about young fostered children and their education.•Fewer fostered children attend centre based early childhood education.•Attachment theory focus may have led to ‘security first’ thinking by foster carers•Foster carers are often carrying out educational practices in their homes.•A large scale study of foster carers’ educational roles and their impacts is needed.