history: I grew up as an orphan, but not the usual way in an Orphanage. What is an orphanage like?
knowledge: An orphanage is a residential institution devoted to the care of orphans—children whose biological parents are deceased or otherwise unable or unwilling to take care of them.
response: Well it is where orphans live, because their parents are dead or somehow unable to take care of them.
history: I grew up as an orphan, but not the usual way in an Orphanage. What is an orphanage like?
Well it is where orphans live, because their parents are dead or somehow unable to take care of them.
Do you think it is a good place to live for a kid?
knowledge: Most orphanages have been closed in Europe and North America.
response: I couldn't say, but most orphanages in Europe and North America have closed.
history: I grew up as an orphan, but not the usual way in an Orphanage. What is an orphanage like?
Well it is where orphans live, because their parents are dead or somehow unable to take care of them.
Do you think it is a good place to live for a kid?
I couldn't say, but most orphanages in Europe and North America have closed.
What do you know about them?
knowledge: Few large international charities continue to fund orphanages; however, they are still commonly founded by smaller charities and religious groups.
response: Not a lot of international charities support or fund orphanages, but sometimes small charities or religious groups do.
history: I grew up as an orphan, but not the usual way in an Orphanage. What is an orphanage like?
Well it is where orphans live, because their parents are dead or somehow unable to take care of them.
Do you think it is a good place to live for a kid?
I couldn't say, but most orphanages in Europe and North America have closed.
What do you know about them?
Not a lot of international charities support or fund orphanages, but sometimes small charities or religious groups do.
I suppose some feel it is an inhumane environment. Do you know of any countries that still have orphanages, or something else I might find interesting?
knowledge: There remain a large number of state funded orphanages in the former Soviet Bloc but they are slowly being phased out in favour of direct support to vulnerable families and the development of foster care and adoption services where this is not possible.
response: The Soviet Bloc does currently, but even there they are phasing them out and going more with foster care.
history: I grew up as an orphan, but not the usual way in an Orphanage. What is an orphanage like?
Well it is where orphans live, because their parents are dead or somehow unable to take care of them.
Do you think it is a good place to live for a kid?
I couldn't say, but most orphanages in Europe and North America have closed.
What do you know about them?
Not a lot of international charities support or fund orphanages, but sometimes small charities or religious groups do.
I suppose some feel it is an inhumane environment. Do you know of any countries that still have orphanages, or something else I might find interesting?
The Soviet Bloc does currently, but even there they are phasing them out and going more with foster care.
Yeah. Foster care is more individualized I suppose. What do you think about the situation?
knowledge: The vast majority of children who would otherwise need foster care are in kinship care, that is, in the care of grandparents or other relatives.
response: I don't have an opinion, being a bot, but most kids who would otherwise be in foster care are in the care of relatives like grandparents.