FOSTER MOTHER
Sir,-Listening to recorded interviews with foster-mothers of State wards breadcast from 4YZ, I was thrilled to hear the impassioned statement made to the child welfare officer by one of these mothers. She was obviously an_ordinary woman living a simple life; but when she told, in a voice shaking with excitement, how and why she came to take in these unfortunate children from broken homes, to give them the foundations of happiness, good citizenship and Christian faith, I felt the physical ‘sensation of a thrill down my spine. This good woman went on to say. that, whereas formerly her health was poor, now, with all this work, her health igs positively good. Health and happiness in work and responsibility? This is heresy indeed.
H. H.
FRANKLIN
(Bluff),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 821, 22 April 1955, Page 5
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