I have always wondered what life as an orphan was like.
Yes, it would be very sad for a child to have to be placed in an orphanage b/c his parents are unable to take care of him, whether it is b/c of death or other reasons
Yes, it would be a very sad situation indeed! I would hope that the children are all well taken care of and given the life skills the would need in the future.
Obviously biological parents or grandparents are legally responsible for supporting children but if they are unable or there is no one else ophanages are able to take care of their housing, care, and education
Do you know how many children are estimated to be in an orphanage currently?
I know that orphanages are actually more of term used abroad b/c they aren't actually used for children here in North America anymore.  We use more group homes or Foster Care system
That's interesting! Do you happen to know when the first orphanage was created in America?
children in orphanages have at least one living parent and most having some extended family. Developing countries and their governments rely on kinship care to aid in the orphan crisis, because it is cheaper to financially help extended families in taking in an orphaned child than it is to institutionalize them. Additionally, developing nations are lacking in child welfare and their well-being because of lack of resources. Research that is being collected in the developing world shows that these countries focus purely on survival indicators instead of a combination of their survival and
Orphanage
Historically, an orphanage was a residential institution, or group home, devoted to the care of orphans and other children who were separated from their biological families. Examples of what would cause a child to be placed in orphanages are when the biological parents were deceased, the biological family was abusive to the child, there was substance abuse or mental illness in the biological home that was detrimental to the child, or the parents had to leave to work elsewhere and were unable or unwilling to take the child. The role