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Victorian philanthropists did not mince words when they talked about poor kids—those kids were dangerous or perishing—that is, in danger of becoming criminals or already sunk in crime. The philanthropists formed charity schools, “Ragged Schools,” and Sunday Schools to teach these children some morals and a little reading—not enough to give them big ideas about their station in life, but enough to get them to work a little more efficiently and obediently. Boys got a little math; girls did not because they were headed for domestic work. The Sunday Schools, held on the only day when the children did not work, had a further purpose—to keep the “city Arabs” off the streets so that the respectable citizens could have a quiet Sabbath.
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Mandell, B.R. (2010). Foster Care. In: Mandell, B.R. (eds) The Crisis of Caregiving. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230107847_7
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