Pa tronat as a form of social education of orphans

Abstract

The author examines the foster care over orphan
children in the second half of the nineteenth century, its further
development in the twentieth century and the modern idea of
patronage by the example of the № 19 orphanage of Moscow.
Types of patronage are also considered. Attention is paid to
the difference of concepts patronage and regular home visits.
The development of a civilized society depends not only on
its economic and socio-cultural level, but the ratio of orphans
and children left without parental care. The reason of the authors
interest to this issue is the present increase of attention
to education and upbringing of orphans. Unfortunately the
historical experience in this field often remains out of demand.
Nevertheless, there had been a lot of forms of placement of
orphan children our country before, including patronage.