About 10 years ago I met an Englishman who grew up in a Barnardo institution which contained around 1000 children who were orphaned or whose parent or parents couldn't look after them. He didn't have a good life with the 2 houseparents who tried to look after 25 children, & had many psychological problems to deal with regarding his mother's death, his father's consequent behaviour (it's for you own good)& the benign? neglect of the system.

As has been said, today Barnardos does not work in the same way.

sandra