orphanages
Homes for parentless
Orphanages are institutions that house and care for children whose parents have died or are unable to care for them.
The word evokes Victorian-era group homes with rows of beds and uniformed children, though modern child welfare has largely shifted toward foster care and smaller group settings.
She was raised in an orphanage until age twelve.
Institution housing poor laborers
- DickensianGrimly poor, socially unjust
- VictorianOf a prim era
- foundlingAbandoned child discovered
- asylumShelter from persecution
charity · benefactor · patronage · Industrial Revolution · poorhouse · waif · urchin · almshouse
Residential facility for minors
- residential careSupervised communal living arrangement
- dormitoryStudent living building
- matronFemale institutional supervisor
- caretakerOne who maintains property
wards · group home · state care · superintendent · housemother · communal living · regimented · institutionalization
Act of leaving permanently
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- attachment disorderDisrupted emotional connection capacity
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- belongingState of fitting in
identity · resilience · stigma · hope · loss · grief · survival · bonding
Global youth relief organization
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
- developing nationsCountries with lower economic output
- refugee childrenYoung people forced from home
- child sponsorshipOngoing support for a minor
NGO · mission · volunteers · donations · poverty · malnutrition · education · vocational training
Putting somewhere specific
- foster careSupervised substitute parenting
- waiting childrenMinors in foster care
- home studyLearning outside the classroom
- matchingIdentical in appearance
reunification · legal guardianship · parental rights · termination · birth parents · relinquishment · paperwork · transition
workhouse
Institution housing poor laborers
- DickensianGrimly poor, socially unjust
- VictorianOf a prim era
- foundlingAbandoned child discovered
asylum · charity · benefactor · patronage · Industrial Revolution · poorhouse · waif · urchin · almshouse · bastardy
children's home
Residential facility for minors
- residential careSupervised communal living arrangement
- dormitoryStudent living building
- matronFemale institutional supervisor
caretaker · wards · group home · state care · superintendent · housemother · communal living · regimented · institutionalization · beds
abandonment
Act of leaving permanently
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- attachment disorderDisrupted emotional connection capacity
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
belonging · identity · resilience · stigma · hope · loss · grief · survival · bonding · neglect
UNICEF
Global youth relief organization
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
- developing nationsCountries with lower economic output
- refugee childrenYoung people forced from home
child sponsorship · NGO · mission · volunteers · donations · poverty · malnutrition · education · vocational training · sustainable
placement
Putting somewhere specific
- foster careSupervised substitute parenting
- waiting childrenMinors in foster care
- home studyLearning outside the classroom
matching · reunification · legal guardianship · parental rights · termination · birth parents · relinquishment · paperwork · transition · bonding
- social servicessocial workers, social work, social services, welfare office, case workers
- child welfarechild protection, child welfare, foster care, child services, foster home
- orphan carefoundlings, foster care, foster homes, wards, child abandonment
- Victorian childhoodstreet children, foundlings, urchins, waifs, destitute children
- war reliefwar relief, relief funds, relief efforts, relief agencies, relief workers
- welfare historypoor laws, poorhouse, poorhouses, workhouse, workhouses
orphanagesadoptive families
Families formed through legal guardianship
foster care · foster homes · adoption · legal guardianship · domestic adoption