housefathers
Residential facility supervisors
Housefathers are men who manage or supervise a residence, particularly in institutional settings like boarding schools, orphanages, or group homes.
The housefather typically lives on-site with residents, providing guidance and maintaining order alongside a housemother: The housefathers took turns supervising evening activities.
Student living building
- boarding schoolResidential academic institution
- group homeSupervised shared residence
- youth hostelInexpensive shared-room lodging
- supervisorOne who directs workers
warden · live-in · resident · caretaker · hall · quarters · overnight · curfew
Institution housing parentless children
- children's homeResidential facility for minors
- reform schoolInstitution for young offenders
- custodianGuardian of a place
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
welfare · care worker · juvenile · institution · shelter · foster · rehabilitation · social services
Israeli communal farm
- communeShared-living community
- intentional communityPlanned values-based residential collective
- collectiveJointly organized group
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
shared living · community leader · elder · mentor · cohousing · fellowship · steward · family unit
dormitory
Student living building
- boarding schoolResidential academic institution
- group homeSupervised shared residence
- youth hostelInexpensive shared-room lodging
supervisor · warden · live-in · resident · caretaker · hall · quarters · overnight · curfew · residence
orphanage
Institution housing parentless children
- children's homeResidential facility for minors
- reform schoolInstitution for young offenders
- custodianGuardian of a place
guardian · welfare · care worker · juvenile · institution · shelter · foster · rehabilitation · social services · superintendent
kibbutz
Israeli communal farm
- communeShared-living community
- intentional communityPlanned values-based residential collective
- collectiveJointly organized group
cooperative · shared living · community leader · elder · mentor · cohousing · fellowship · steward · family unit · tribal
housefathersbiological fathers
Male progenitors by blood
birth fathers · biological parents · birth parents · dads · fathers