A look at foster care in pop culture. Most children's stories have as the main character an orphan. Includes a quick talk on the social difficulties linked through numerous studies to fatherlessness. (Note: this is my first upload to slideshare; the Keynote without builds, notes, or explanations seems weak.)

1. Presented by
Jamie Self, M.A.

2. Objectives
Define the role of orphans
in society
Examine what “normal”
looks like for children in
orphaned situations like
foster care and those
awaiting adoption
Discuss practical ways to
relate to children in
orphaned situations

3. All Time Box Office Openings
Titanic
Star Wars IV
Shrek 2
E.T.
Star Wars I
Source: movies.yahoo.com 09/2007

4. CiderLemony Snicket
House Great Expectations
Elf
Rules
Aladdin Wrinkle in Time
A
Toy Story Hanzel & Gretel
Tarzan
Finding Dumbo
Charlotte’s Web Babe
Nemo The Jungle Book
Oliver Harry Potter Lilo &
Twist
Bambi
Alice in Stitch
Anne of Green Gables
Wonderland of Goldilocks
Chronicles Narnia
Pollyana
Peter PanTom Sawyer Pinocchio
Little Orphan Wizard of Oz
The
Huck Finn
The Lion King
Annie Moses-Prince of Egypt
Madeline
Cinderella

5. Definitions
Literal
Figurative
Legal

6. “Death puts an end to
fathers. Abandonment
puts an end to
fatherhood .”

7. crime

8. Domestic
Violence

9. Child Sex
Abuse

10. Child
Poverty

11. Teen
Pregnancy

12. Orphan Categories
Biological Orphan
Social Orphan
Psychic/Emotional/
Spiritual Orphan

13. Source: The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book by Bill Watterson

14. 365,000 biological orphans
523,000 children in care
18.7 milLion in single family homes
Source: Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System via www.acf.hhs.gov
US Census Bureau www.census.gov & Florida Kids Count Data

15. 18,230 biological orphans
29,708 children in care
964,000 in single family homes
Source: Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System via www.acf.hhs.gov
US Census Bureau www.census.gov & www.dcf.state.fl.us/publications/& Florida Kids Count Data

16. 711 biological orphans
1,714 children in care
37,134 in single family homes
Source: Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System via www.acf.hhs.gov
US Census Bureau www.census.gov & Florida Kids Count Data

17. “The essential difference
between biological
paternity and fatherhood:
the former helps to
produce a child; the latter
helps to produce an adult.”
David Blankenhorn

18. Goal: productive adults

19. Jamie Self, M.A.
Florida Baptist Children’s Homes
www.fbchomes.org
jself@fbchomes.org
863-688-4981