Foster Care

a child care service, it is surprising that there is still a great deal of confusion as to the conditions under which children are fostered in private homes. It is believed generally that it is better for a child who is deprived of the care of the family of origin to be brought up in another private family rather than in a children's home with a professional staff. There is little evidence, however, that this is so. Insufficient attention has been paid to the criteria for selection of foster parents, to the nature of their supervision by children's departments, and little is known in