A place to call home : the amazing success story of modern orphanages

Summary: "In this book, Martha Randolph Carr shatters the myths that surround what are now called residential education facilities. She discovers that they are not facilities at all - they are homes to children and young men and women who grow up in safe and loving environments. Carr reveals that most residents have been and are "social" orphans - children of single parents who for economic or personal reasons cannot take care of them. In this first study of orphanages in over sixty years, Carr talks with the young residents, teachers, counselors, house parents, and administrators about how the schools - many of which have existed for well over a century - have adapted to modern needs."--BOOK JACKET.