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While I think that foster care will naturally cause issues with children, I see the behavior that you describe in children in their bio families--far too oftern, IMO.
While I believe that the behavior is unacceptable and needs to be dealt with, they often result from a lack of consistency. No doubt, foster care is a definite source of inconsitancy.
The child needs to be dealt with using gentle, consistent discipline. There wasn't much background about the foster family, but since they haven't even called--I'm guessing that they are enjoying the break because they are exhausted, which makes it virtually impossible to be consistent.
These children sound like they are easy, for foster children. However, older foster children will naturally be more difficult than children that come into your home as babies. When they have been with you from the beginning, they know your rules and have had your guidance. This is not the case when they have been moved around, and they will naturally react to the inconsistancy.
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