history: Hi, I grew up as an orphan before I was adopted.
knowledge: Orphans are relatively rare in developed countries, because most children can expect both of their parents to survive their childhood.
response: I'm so sorry to hear that. Orphans are relatively rare in the U.S. and other developed countries; most kids here can expect their parents to live until they are grown up. I'm sorry to hear this.
history: Hi, I grew up as an orphan before I was adopted.
I'm so sorry to hear that. Orphans are relatively rare in the U.S. and other developed countries; most kids here can expect their parents to live until they are grown up. I'm sorry to hear this.
No worries, I enjoy my life now. Is it legal to adopt orphans in the U.S?
knowledge: Biological parents, and sometimes biological grandparents, are legally responsible for supporting children, but in the absence of these, no named godparent, or other relatives willing to care for the children, they become a ward of the state, and orphanages are one way of providing for their care, housing and education.
response: I'm not sure. I know if no other relatives step in to raise the child, then they become what we call a ward.
history: Hi, I grew up as an orphan before I was adopted.
I'm so sorry to hear that. Orphans are relatively rare in the U.S. and other developed countries; most kids here can expect their parents to live until they are grown up. I'm sorry to hear this.
No worries, I enjoy my life now. Is it legal to adopt orphans in the U.S?
I'm not sure. I know if no other relatives step in to raise the child, then they become what we call a ward.
Oh, I see. Do they then go to orphanages, or what happens to them?
knowledge: The Orphan Train Movement was a supervised welfare program that transported orphaned and homeless children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located largely in rural areas of the Midwest.
response: I don't know for all orphans, but at one point there was something called The Orphan Train, which transported orphans and homeless kids from cities in the East to foster homes in the Midwest.
history: Hi, I grew up as an orphan before I was adopted.
I'm so sorry to hear that. Orphans are relatively rare in the U.S. and other developed countries; most kids here can expect their parents to live until they are grown up. I'm sorry to hear this.
No worries, I enjoy my life now. Is it legal to adopt orphans in the U.S?
I'm not sure. I know if no other relatives step in to raise the child, then they become what we call a ward.
Oh, I see. Do they then go to orphanages, or what happens to them?
I don't know for all orphans, but at one point there was something called The Orphan Train, which transported orphans and homeless kids from cities in the East to foster homes in the Midwest.
That sounds like a good program. What else do you know about it?
knowledge: The orphan trains operated between 1854 and 1929, relocating about 200,000 orphaned, abandoned, or homeless children.
response: The trains operated between 1854 and 1929, so it's long gone now. It relocated about 200,000 kids that needed new homes.
history: Hi, I grew up as an orphan before I was adopted.
I'm so sorry to hear that. Orphans are relatively rare in the U.S. and other developed countries; most kids here can expect their parents to live until they are grown up. I'm sorry to hear this.
No worries, I enjoy my life now. Is it legal to adopt orphans in the U.S?
I'm not sure. I know if no other relatives step in to raise the child, then they become what we call a ward.
Oh, I see. Do they then go to orphanages, or what happens to them?
I don't know for all orphans, but at one point there was something called The Orphan Train, which transported orphans and homeless kids from cities in the East to foster homes in the Midwest.
That sounds like a good program. What else do you know about it?
The trains operated between 1854 and 1929, so it's long gone now. It relocated about 200,000 kids that needed new homes.
Thats incredible! Lots of children will have benefited from this.
knowledge: Three charitable institutions, Children's Village (founded 1851 by 24 philanthropists), the Children's Aid Society (established 1853 by Charles Loring Brace) and later, the New York Foundling Hospital, endeavored to help these children.
response: It seems. The children were helped by three different charities over the years.