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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dad grew up in an orphanage in chicago, he was born in 1953. It was a catholic orphanage and he lived on a cabin with 7 other boys and a nun. They had church everyday, disgusting food, and really really slim interactions with the outside world. It effed him up majorly. On his 18th birthday they said see ya have a good life and he had no idea about how society functioned. It's affected his entire life.[/quote]

My dad also grew up in an orphange in chicago! He was born in 1936 and moved out at the age of 13 and got an apartment and a job at a pharmacy. I have a 13 year old now and I can't imagine him living on his own. I don't know my dad does not ever really talk about his life there (and i don't push) but I can't imagine it was good if he left at age 13.

I imagine there were some good ones out there but there is a reason so much literature and theater involve kids growing up in orphanages. It wasn't a happy place. I guess the real question is how much better is the current foster system? But I think its pretty clear that when you put vulnerable kids in a place that often doesn't have enough money to properly run, nothing good will come of it.  [/quote]

Foster care is hit or miss depending on the foster parents.  There are some great ones and some really bad ones and most are somewhere in between.  It’s very rare for a family to truly treat the kids like their own in less they plan to adopt.  I was a foster care worker for years.  Most homes were acceptable at best. [/quote]

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