orphan
Let an agent explain orphanhood, relay definitions, statistics, historical groups and care approaches from UNICEF, child welfare and historical sources with debates attributed, describe the named groups, route children at risk to child protection, and distinguish orphans from foster children, adopted children, street children and unaccompanied minors.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain orphanhood, relay definitions, statistics, historical groups and care approaches from UNICEF, child welfare and historical sources with debates attributed, describe the named groups, route children at risk to child protection, and distinguish orphans from foster children, adopted children, street children and unaccompanied minors.
A child whose parents have died, with UNICEF counting children who have lost one or both parents, so that most children described as orphans still have a living parent or relatives, including groups the registry aliases name such as AIDS orphans, war orphans, the Wolfskinder, German children orphaned or separated in East Prussia after the Second World War who survived by moving into Lithuania, and the Orfas d el-Rei, orphan girls sent by the Portuguese crown to colonies to marry settlers; child welfare policy now favours family-based care over orphanages, and orphanage tourism is widely criticised. Children at risk should be referred to child protection services.
What it is for: Not applicable; a social status of children.
It can be explain definitions and data; relay care approaches with attribution; describe named historical groups; route children at risk to protection.
Distinguishing features
Parental loss
Single and double orphans
Care arrangements vary
Historical and contemporary groups
What it looks like
Not a visible object; a child s circumstance.
Physical character
UNICEF orphan definition: loss of one or both parents note
UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children: 2009 year
Wolfskinder period: mid-to-late 1940s note - East Prussia and Lithuania
How it is recognised
Child who has lost one or both parents
AIDS orphan, war orphan, Wolf children, Orfas del Rei
Foster children live in temporary care; adopted children have new legal parents; street children may have families; unaccompanied minors are separated migrants
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is cared for through - among other arrangements
is protected by -
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
single and double orphans
AIDS orphans
war orphans
historical orphan groups
children in institutional and family-based care
Standards and regulation
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children
National child protection laws
Failure modes and hazards
Promoting orphanage volunteering that may harm children
Treating all orphans as parentless
Sensationalising historical suffering
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.orphan
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What an orphan is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is an orphan, and how does the term differ from foster, adopted, street and unaccompanied children? definition
- Is a child currently unsafe or without care, in which case contact child protection services or emergency services? boundary
Groups
Named groups.
Groups
Groups.
- Who are AIDS orphans and war orphans, and who were the Wolfskinder and Orfas del Rei? definition
- Which entry fits the specific group? action
Care Care approaches.
Regulation.
Alternative care
Alternative care.
Alternative care
Alternative care.
- What do the UN Guidelines recommend about family-based and institutional care? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Orphanage tourism
Orphanage tourism.
Orphanage tourism
Orphanage tourism.
- Why do child protection organisations warn against orphanage tourism, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
History History.
Attribution.
Wolfskinder
Wolfskinder.
Wolfskinder
Wolfskinder.
- How do historians and survivors describe the Wolfskinder? provenance
- Which entry fits Wolfskinder? action
Orfas del Rei
Orfas del Rei.
Orfas del Rei
Orfas del Rei.
- What was the Portuguese practice of sending orphan girls to colonies? provenance
- Is the presentation respectful and attributed? boundary
Context Data and literature.
Context.
Data
Data.
Data
Data.
- How many orphans are there globally, checked against current UNICEF data? measurement
- Which entry fits UNICEF? action
Literature
Literature.
Literature
Literature.
- How have orphans been portrayed in literature from Oliver Twist onward? provenance
- Which entry fits orphans in fiction? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should the Wolfskinder and Orfas del Rei be separate entries?
- How should UNICEF data be linked and kept current?
- How should deinstitutionalisation debates be presented?