Some Early Economic Threads in the History
of Children’s Homes
Roy Parker
The way in which children’s homes have been
funded has had a considerable bearing on their development. This is the
principal ‘thread’ that will be traced in what follows, although a few
diversions will be made to related economic issues. Our ‘principal
thread’ is well illustrated in the early history of the reformatories
and industrial schools; so, we begin with that:
