(You can see Katie in the blue coat on the right. She is at the orphanage celebrating a friend's birthday. Many of these children have already been adopted and live in the United States. Katie will be able to stay in touch with them! Notice they all have their coats on. There is no heat in their orphanage and it is cold inside. But the kids still have good food, fun, and friendship!)This question has a few different answers!
Some kids go right home from the hospital with their adoptive family. Others may live with the family they were born into for awhile. Still others live with a family who temporarily cares for them until they are adopted. These families are called foster families.
In some countries, children who are waiting to be adopted live in orphanages. This is where many kids live in a big building with many nannies. Imagine if your school was turned into a place where you ate, slept, and played all the time! This is kind of what an orphanage looks like. The children usually leave the orphanage to go to school.
Life in an orphanage is very different from your life. Children often have to share almost everything, including all of the toys and many of the clothes. The kids usually have a pretty strict schedule for when to get up, eat their meals, and go to bed. Some orphanages don't have heat in the winter, so kids must wear coats and layers when it is cold. Lots of times the older kids in the orphanage help take care of the younger kids.
Sometimes you might hear stories about orphanages that don't take good care of children, and this is sad. Most of the time, the nannies at the orphanages work hard to give the children the best care that they can. They love the children and want them to grow up healthy.
Some kids go right home from the hospital with their adoptive family. Others may live with the family they were born into for awhile. Still others live with a family who temporarily cares for them until they are adopted. These families are called foster families.
In some countries, children who are waiting to be adopted live in orphanages. This is where many kids live in a big building with many nannies. Imagine if your school was turned into a place where you ate, slept, and played all the time! This is kind of what an orphanage looks like. The children usually leave the orphanage to go to school.
Life in an orphanage is very different from your life. Children often have to share almost everything, including all of the toys and many of the clothes. The kids usually have a pretty strict schedule for when to get up, eat their meals, and go to bed. Some orphanages don't have heat in the winter, so kids must wear coats and layers when it is cold. Lots of times the older kids in the orphanage help take care of the younger kids.
Sometimes you might hear stories about orphanages that don't take good care of children, and this is sad. Most of the time, the nannies at the orphanages work hard to give the children the best care that they can. They love the children and want them to grow up healthy.
Not all kids get adopted, and some live in orphanages or foster care until they are adults.
If you would like to see a video of Katie's orphanage, please cut and past this URL into your browser: http://video.aol.com/video-detail/visit-to-yangzhou-orphanage/3779725629 . (If this doesn't work, go to YouTube and type in Yangzhou Orphanage, and it will come up.)
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