Foster Care: A Study of Ten Foster Families of St. Agatha's Foster Home Program to Determine What Relationship Exits Between the Satisfactions Experienced by Foster Parents in Practice and the Strengths Predicted in the Home Studies
Abstract
Fortunately for society the famous poem quoted above immortalized only the little girls about whom it was written and not some of the foster home situations in which these youngsters were to be found. This period, 1750-1850 was a slight improvement over the early 1700's. During the latter period the dependent child had been considered more or less as chattel, but her status had now evolved from that of "an investment in the future to that of a physical organism.As an "investment in the future" the homeless child had been indentured. Under this arrangement his physical and emotional well-being had not been taken into concern but he had been usually accorded the respect given to worldly possessions. As a "physical organism" the child acquired personal rights. He no longer received the protection of a piece of property so he must now be protected in some other manner. Two solutions developed: one, the foster home which was rewarded by the child's labor, and the other, minimal survival institutions.
Subject Area
Multicultural Education|Educational technology|Individual & family studies
Recommended Citation
Alwes, John Frances, "Foster Care: A Study of Ten Foster Families of St. Agatha's Foster Home Program to Determine What Relationship Exits Between the Satisfactions Experienced by Foster Parents in Practice and the Strengths Predicted in the Home Studies" (1965). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31050541.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31050541
