ORPHANAGES
Sir,—To “Observer” and “Social Worker” let me point out that* our orphanages are really boys’ and girls’ homes. Their inmates come chiefly from broken homes. In a certain home containing about 30 boys only two are orphans. Apparently, orphans find a home, either being adopted or living as State wards in a private home. It is the children of broken homes who need care in a home. These do not find their way into a private home, but are put into a so-called orphanage, provided by State or church. Because of their unfortunate home circumstances, they are psychologically upset aiid abnormal and need special psycho-thera-peutic treatment. Apparently this is being attended to in our State homes. Are our church homes attending to this matter? This suggests that those in this work should be specially trained for it.—Yours, etc., GUARD THE CHILD. July 15, 1946.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24932, 20 July 1946, Page 5
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