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Home Away from Home - by Richard B McKenzie (Hardcover)

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  • For most people, the word "orphanage" conjures up images of poor little Oliver Twist pleading for more gruel.
  • About the Author: RICHARD B. MCKENZIE grew up at the Barium Springs Home for Children in Piedmont, North Carolina.
  • 344 Pages
  • Social Science, Children's Studies

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For most people, the word "orphanage" conjures up images of poor little Oliver Twist pleading for more gruel. Many are convinced that the history of orphanages is a social welfare record of total devastation to the lives of the children who grew up in them. Indeed, many of the scholars who contributed to Home Away From Home began their research with the conventional negative view of orphanages. But they arrived at far more balanced assessments of the historical record: while the orphanages studied were not perfect, they were often good solutions to dire conditions for children.
The future of America's most vulnerable citizens is on the line, says Richard B. McKenzie, the editor of this volume. Today's government-run child welfare system is detrimental to tens of thousands of children. Foster care, intended as a temporary solution, has turned into permanent but inadequate care for many. While adoption is a solution for some children, others are difficult to place or legally unavailable for permanent placement.
In re-examining the surprising success of orphanages in the past, Home Away From Home highlights the great value of providing a truly stable environment for youngsters, and it explains how orphanages might again be a powerfully beneficial social institution.



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For most people, the word "orphanage" conjures up images of poor little Oliver Twist pleading for more gruel. Many are convinced that the history of orphanages is a social welfare record of total devastation to the lives of the children who grew up in them. Indeed, many of the scholars who contributed to Home Away From Home began their research with the conventional negative view of orphanages. But they arrived at far more balanced assessments of the historical record: while the orphanages studied were not perfect, they were often good solutions to dire conditions for children.

The future of America's most vulnerable citizens is on the line, says Richard B. McKenzie, the editor of this volume. Today's government-run child welfare system is detrimental to tens of thousands of children. Foster care, intended as a temporary solution, has turned into permanent but inadequate care for many. While adoption is a solution for some children, others are difficult to place or legally unavailable for permanent placement.

In re-examining the surprising success of orphanages in the past, Home Away From Home highlights the great value of providing a truly stable environment for youngsters, and it explains how orphanages might again be a powerfully beneficial social institution.



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Professor Richard B. McKenzie is an unusual man; brilliant by nature and enlightened by experience. His willingness to seek the truth and social justice for the weakest members of society, children without functional parents, is as courageous as it is important. How a society cares for its weakest members tells how just and sensitive we are as a people. In this absorbing and historically important book, Dr. McKenzie has collected a history and analysis of how societies throughout time have dealt with their most vulnerable members. This is a must read for anyone involved with child welfare or early childhood education.

&mdash The Honorable Gary C. Byrne, PhD, President, Vesta Umbrella, LLC

Eye-opening and insightful, this book does an effective job of destroying the myths of orphanages as Dickensian images of jail-like institutions. It shows them as effective, supportive, and caring with good living conditions to raise mentally and physically healthy children.

&mdash Donald H. Whitney, Founder, President, and CEO, World Children's Center

Home Away from Home is an invaluable contribution to the discussion of the value and the motivations behind orphanages and residential schools for at-risk children.

&mdash Heidi Goldsmith, Founder and Executive Director, CORE: Coalition for Residential Education



About the Author



RICHARD B. MCKENZIE grew up at the Barium Springs Home for Children in Piedmont, North Carolina. His experience there led him to write The Home: A Memoir of Growing Up in an Orphanage (1996) and to edit Rethinking Orphanages for the 21st Century (1998). He has also produced Homecoming: The Forgotten World of America's Orphanages, which has aired on PBS stations across the country. He is the Walter B. Gerken Professor of Enterprise and Society in the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Irvine.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.1 Inches (W) x 1.3 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.5 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 344
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Children's Studies
Publisher: Encounter Books
Format: Hardcover
Author: Richard B McKenzie
Language: English
Street Date: December 22, 2009
TCIN: 1008493671
UPC: 9781594032455
Item Number (DPCI): 247-08-2813
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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