Foster carers are being prevented from making day-to-day decisions about children in their care, according to the Fostering Network.
The charity warned that this means the care system is denying children a proper experience of childhood.
In a report surveying foster carers in Scotland and the rest of the UK, they identify cases where social workers have had to be contacted before foster parents can get children a haircut, permit their school photograph to be taken or go on a school trip.
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