FOSTER PARENTS
Sir,-I wonder how many teachers would agree that this business of fosterhomes is as successful as the article you recently printed implied. Looking back over a period of five years’ teaching, I can remember foster-children who were "difficult" (liars, cheats-what Mr. Nixon, in his admirable article on "Problem Children" called "wretched little compulsive thieves"), who were backward, who were not very clean and not very well looked after, but not one who appeared both well looked after and emotionally well adjusted. A few appeared physically well cared for. In some cases it was difficult to avoid the conclusion «hat they were cheap labour. My experience may have been unfortunate. I should be pleased to think so, and intensely interested to hear what have been the experiences of other teachers. I agree with the correspondent who said that the payment on these cases must raise a doubt as to the amount of motherly emotion involved.
NANCY M.
FOX
(Panmure),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 394, 10 January 1947, Page 5
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