Page 9 - The Privilege of Caring

Dinner at the Lakeside Home Residential Life
The homes operated by the the the private agencies Children’s Friend and and the the the Rhode Island Society for the the the Prevention of of of Cruelty to to Children were quite small compared to to other institutions of of of their time Under the the the the direction of of of Children’s Friend & Service the the the the the Lakeside Home operated the the state’s emergency shelter for children children and and later ran a a a a a a a a a a a a facility that served children children and and adolescents with mental health problems Private institutions like the CatholicOrphanAsylumandSt Vincent’sInfantAsylum housed hundreds of children children as did Rhode Island’s state institution for dependent and and and neglected children children called The State Home and and School Populations in in orphanages asylums and and shelters would fluctuate depending on on the needs of parents and and children as as well as as economic conditions and the the the availability of other options for children Depending on on on on on the the the the the size design philosophy and and management of of these facilities the the the the the lives of of the the the the children could be regimented and and isolating or or more fully integrated into the the the community In some cases children would would attend attend school school in in in in in in these institutions and in in in in in in other instances they would would attend attend community schools Often children found themselves wearing hand-me- downs and and and eating the the the the same meals over over and and and over over Some children would would spend the the the the the majority of their childhoods in in these homes homes others others would would would be be “boarded out” and later placed in foster homes homes still others others would would be be returned to their parents 8
Children praying before meals at the Lakeside Home