Children’s Homes

Every children’s home, orphanage and residential treatment program for children longs for the same thing: that its services were not needed.

Children are reared best in their own homes. And while the whole field of residential child care is continuously evaluating itself and its reason for existence, throughout history there have been people who have organized and banded together to care for children who could not care for themselves.

I appreciate the work done by a good children’s home or orphanage. Staff who make a career out of residential childcare do so because they find their calling in it. They are driven by their love for others.

I’ve worked for Louisiana Methodist Children’s Home for more than twenty years. Compared to most people, I have a unique perspective on residential child care. I also serve as an accreditation team leader and an EAGLE Accreditation Commissioner. This allows me to visit, explore and learn from other children’s homes.

Louisiana Methodist Orphanage in Bunkie, Louisiana, circa 1902-1904

First home of Louisiana Methodist Orphanage in Bunkie, Louisiana

I’ve studied different aspects of care and have presented the information (The Death of Children in Residential Care) at national conventions. I love children’s homes. I enjoy reading their mission statements because they remind me that people do care for others. I like to discover how an agency’s mission is pursued in their environment. And I love to read the histories of child care agencies.

I doubt you’ll ever be able purchase stock or invest in a public corporation whose product is providing holistic care for children. There’s no financial profit in it to attract investors seeking a financial return.

What you will find, though, are children’s homes and orphanages around the world which invest daily and deeply in the lives of children and adolescents (and their families in many cases) without an eye toward financial return.

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Singapore

Chen Su Lan Methodist Childrens Home

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