Georgette Mulheir: The tragedy of orphanages

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  • @emiabu
    @emiabu 10 років тому +11

    I was raised in an orphanage in rural area of Tanzania in East Africa and I came out OK, I was not damaged mentally or physically.I can’t accept the generalisation of people saying children's homes are bad places for children to be brought up in. Instead of criticising, i think efforts should go to better all orphanages.

  • @MotionArtist3D
    @MotionArtist3D 12 років тому +1

    Georgette Mulheir, you deserves a Nobel Prize for Humanitarian work in highlighting the 'wrongs' that is being systematically orchestrated. Thank You for all the work you do! Time is accelerating very fast, all the wrongs will be put to right as we get closer to Higher Level of Consciousness Event that begins on Dec 21st

  • @jpgipson
    @jpgipson 12 років тому +5

    (continued) The lack of psychological stimulation is devastating to an infant. While foster care is not perfect, and there will be cases of bad foster parents, it is a far better solution than institutional care. In addition, adoption is a much better option. The cost of adoption needs to be reduced and the barriers to adopting at a younger age need to be removed to reduce the effects of institutional care.

  • @JoeKooL
    @JoeKooL 12 років тому +2

    Liking this video will increase its popularity, So even if we 'don't like' it, we should still click it. Such awareness is crucial

  • @Dgfrmxon
    @Dgfrmxon 12 років тому +1

    She has a lot of valid points, but as someone in the US, I hear about the horrors of foster homes all the time. I'm not so sure it's really the format, but the effort that causes the terrible outcomes we see. We seem to have a system that works well enough for adoption of very young children, but children who are older than infants and come from broken families don't seem to have much hope regardless of the system we choose. Committed communities would be best, but we don't have that.

  • @HS-rb6fb
    @HS-rb6fb 5 місяців тому +1

    Wow!! How horribel! This has inspired me to bern a orphanage! Oioioioi!!

  • @seventevee
    @seventevee 11 років тому +2

    Speaking as a child of adoption, I would like to make a statement.
    I personally think that orphanages are wonderful things. They are full of babies who have been abandoned by their parents. They are full of wonderful people who dedicate their life to taking care of children.
    The orphanage is a safe haven for orphans. In an orphanage, the child will be cared about [if it is not one on one love], fed & will have a place to sleep.
    I think orphanages are important to society...

  • @eatcarpet
    @eatcarpet 12 років тому +1

    This is scary.

  • @delilahwood3708
    @delilahwood3708 12 років тому +1

    I wan to comment, but there are already 42 comments, which is just right. I'm going to mess it up anyway.
    I think that you have connected the dots. Everything you said made me think and get a little sad, but very informative. I think it's amazing you've witness all these things.

  • @davidenevjuel7595
    @davidenevjuel7595 12 років тому

    a moment of silence...

  • @jadircirqueiradesouza25
    @jadircirqueiradesouza25 4 роки тому

    Esse vídeo deveria ser matéria obrigatória para todos os juízes de direito, promotores de justiça, advogados, defensores públicos e conselheiros tutelares que atuam perante a justiça da infância no Brasil. É uma vergonha que o país ainda possua altos índices de acolhimento institucional. Escrevi um livro a respeito dos malefícios causados pelo prolongado acolhimento institucional. Um dia, luto por isso, os operadores do direito irão compreender os malefícios da institucionalização em massa de crianças e adolescentes que vem sendo praticada nos lugares mais pobres do Brasil.

  • @PerleLC
    @PerleLC 12 років тому

    This is why projects like Child's i Foundation are so necessary. They have proved that there is another option to institutional care in Uganda. Their transitional home and family support centre provide quality short-term care for babies; whilst their social work department ensures every child in our care grows up in a loving family in Uganda.

  • @orbsandtea
    @orbsandtea 12 років тому +1

    Hah ! The times I've encountered this conundrum. Well put !

  • @littlemas2
    @littlemas2 12 років тому

    Thank you for your erudite, intelligent and helpful response. I am sure with this as a starting point we could have a robust interactive discussion that will help us overcome any petty prejudices and see the various facts and arguments more clearly.

  • @bookcreator
    @bookcreator 12 років тому +1

    I don't get why she's supporting foster care. Those poor kids often get abused and neglected by foster parents or they simply have to deal with people who don't care about them. They grow up damaged, too. Our poor orphans.

  • @RhinestoneReverie
    @RhinestoneReverie 12 років тому +1

    Yes, I have no idea how we can best serve older children and adolescents from broken homes. My best friend works in a youth crisis center, and some of the older kids there absolutely terrorize the center as well as the foster families that they are placed into. And some foster families are just in it for the money and don't care for the kids at all. I just can't see a happy ending for many of these kids no matter what we do. :\

  • @princeofexcess
    @princeofexcess 11 років тому

    precisely profit driven is what we need. Instead of the alternative Corruption driven.

  • @josephk87171
    @josephk87171 12 років тому

    you don't have to watch every video they post. the title makes it clear what the topic is about

  • @josephk87171
    @josephk87171 12 років тому

    You're correct prevention is better than cure, though it's instructive to actually formulate a cure as I suspect it help inform child rearing practices for the general population as well.
    Not only will we able to improve to lives of these orphans, but our society and social structures will be illuminated to an extent previously unimaginable. Our current technology and methodologies for examining these complex social and psychological issues are only improving....

  • @SilverSpade92
    @SilverSpade92 12 років тому

    We just need people to DO those things.

  • @Toastmaster_5000
    @Toastmaster_5000 12 років тому +2

    orphanages should never go away, but they ought to be used for strictly orphans and noone else. In a situation like that they might be more efficient and the children would have better lives.

  • @deneskovacs7900
    @deneskovacs7900 3 роки тому +1

    Hi my self I'am 1 of meny or fan's, who l a fill victim from Transilvania when never remain to that thru by " Romanian Orfan's, the really true reality story...!

  • @littlemas2
    @littlemas2 12 років тому

    Yes most people feel empathy for at least some others, but it has not more force as a moral code than the particular person's feelings toward another. It is completely subjective and therefore has no force to impose on others. I also feel desire, hunger, etc. What if those other feelings are stronger than my empathy toward another at that moment? Also, if value/ morality has simply evolved then it is descriptive of what it, but not prescriptive about what should be.

  • @josephk87171
    @josephk87171 12 років тому

    I dunno, we could frame the question as such: How do you replicate the bonding that occurs between mother and child? And then later child and family. And later still child and various social / educational activities.

  • @DivingDeveloper
    @DivingDeveloper 12 років тому

    Even those questions I suspect have no straightforward answer.
    I suggest that prevention is better than cure. Work hard on educating and improving the prosperity and security of our communities so that less children end up in orphanages. Encourage more parents to foster. Make orphanages more transparent to make it an obvious problem and keep the discourse public. Currently, the "problem" is hidden away so it's easy to ignore.

  • @gamezoid1234
    @gamezoid1234 12 років тому

    gosh. i wish i could do something more to help that doesn't require moneys. :(

  • @droma51090
    @droma51090 12 років тому

    I don't even want to know what this woman has seen.

  • @TheaDragonSpirit
    @TheaDragonSpirit 12 років тому +1

    Where are the mothers?

  • @GalenMatson
    @GalenMatson 12 років тому

    Feels strange to "Like" this video, if only "Agree" was an option.

  • @littlemas2
    @littlemas2 12 років тому

    Empathy may be why we choose to consider the need of others sometimes and some call that morality, but it does not make it morality. Morals are obligations that I have to others, and my feelings do not make it necessary to do something. Many people do not act with empathy in many circumstances. Why should they if they want something else? Empathy is purely a subjective standard, and if materialism is right then morality does not exist. Morals are not physical, how could they exist?

  • @littlemas2
    @littlemas2 12 років тому

    What is morality if it is not universal? It is simply subjective rules made by those with the most power, so apparently we agree. If I get more power does that mean I can make the rules? Source does not matter if that source does not enforce the rules. From your perspective the only source that matters is who is in control right now. Morality is not really morality, it is just a will to power.

  • @robobrain10000
    @robobrain10000 12 років тому

    Either way would do.

  • @gwobserver
    @gwobserver 11 років тому

    Orphanages in Europe have been villainized for centuries. That doesn't mean that all orphanages are similar. I have known families who have adopted special needs children and healthy children and all of the children have been cared for and raised with loving support. They would definitely oppose their own abortion or any other.

  • @SalomeSchmidt
    @SalomeSchmidt 12 років тому

    why would they be more efficient than to be adopted or in foster care? For small children anywhay. For teenagers I think, institutions are offten better. A family can feel too intimate, if a child feels a lot of loyalty to his biological family.

  • @eatcarpet
    @eatcarpet 12 років тому

    Volunteer.

  • @littlemas2
    @littlemas2 12 років тому

    You can demonstrate that people feel morality, but not that they have an obligation to follow those feelings. Why do I have to follow my or your feelings? This is called the is - ought fallacy. I a purely physical world, my feelings or thoughts have more meaning than to me than what I give them. If I am simple a bunch of molecules in motion impacting other molecules in motion then how does one complicated piece of carbon have an obligation to another one?

  • @SANITIZEDINC
    @SANITIZEDINC 12 років тому

    People become outraged by abortion and then completely forget about the children who cannot be cared for once they are born. Tragic.

  • @DivingDeveloper
    @DivingDeveloper 12 років тому

    They're ubiquitous because they're necessary. How do we use technology, education or design to fix the problems with them?

  • @littlemas2
    @littlemas2 12 років тому

    First, thank you for the response. I think your question could be rephrased, why should it be based on anything? You last question indicates that we might have some sort of internal problem with killing some people, but is that internal feeling connected to anything outside ourselves. Should humans of any kind have any more worth than a rock? If the physical world is all that exists, then we are simple a collection of molecules. We can pretend otherwise, but at the core that is all we are.

  • @smartpeeple
    @smartpeeple 12 років тому

    more shame on us - - all of us.

  • @sophanpheng6580
    @sophanpheng6580 11 років тому

    I do believe what you raise is true. There are a lot of people use children as the main tool to make money.

  • @princeofexcess
    @princeofexcess 11 років тому

    Market forces? are you talking about yourself? Would you let the orphan die? if everyone will let an orphan die then the orphan will die. If some of the people in society would not let the orphan die than there is going to be charity to take care of it.

  • @Tobandan
    @Tobandan 12 років тому

    Oh my T_T

  • @princeofexcess
    @princeofexcess 12 років тому

    how about get the government out of it. There be more money in the market and charity organizations will emerge that will take care of it. There will be competition of services and best services will win. Instead of politicians arguing which service is best let the market decide.

  • @gamezoid1234
    @gamezoid1234 12 років тому

    i'm 13

  • @AguzSuiCaedere
    @AguzSuiCaedere 12 років тому

    Or, you know, use protection.

  • @littlemas2
    @littlemas2 12 років тому

    My objection still holds then. There are varying degrees of sapience among humans. Apparently you think that at some point someone crosses the line from being worth of life to perhaps not having to be concerned about that life. What standard are you using to define that line?

  • @bookcreator
    @bookcreator 12 років тому

    You still can. Look around your community or get your parents involved. Perhaps mentor some younger children?

  • @littlemas2
    @littlemas2 12 років тому

    Your example proves my point. Laws are obligations enforces by a group of people, but are not morals. They simply express the collective opinion of the people who enforce the laws. Do you think it is okay to murder Jews just because the laws of Nazi Germany said so? Were Stalin & Mao right to kill millions because they controlled the laws? What you are describing are subjective rules imposed by those with the power?

  • @littlemas2
    @littlemas2 12 років тому

    "I don't know about you but I put sapience well above the value of mere life." Why? And how much functioning? Does an Einstein have more value than an infant? Is value a sliding scale or intelligence? Do we then gain value as we become adults and lose it as we become older? Also, is this just your opinion of value or is there some objective measure of value that helps us decide which humans are more valuable than others?

  • @littlemas2
    @littlemas2 12 років тому

    If I don't know the difference between a fetus and a zygote then you don't know the difference between an infant and an adult, but I don't care about the differences I care about the similarities. I care about what gives human life value, and you still have not answered that question. Why does sapience of any measure give something value? How much sapience is necessary? When do we get that value, and when can we lose it? If I am knocked unconscious do I loss that value?

  • @TheAnubisDrake
    @TheAnubisDrake 12 років тому +1

    Yes of course, let profit driven corner cutters take care of the innocent and defensless. The market doesn't give a shit about kids that aren't consumers.

  • @littlemas2
    @littlemas2 12 років тому

    "If it's not then demonstrate it" I certain can demonstrate it to my own satisfaction, but not in the space limitations of this forum. Go to my challenge or str dot org for a longer defense if you are interest. But I will say that if the physical world is all there is, then we all have nothing. Meaning/ value/ morality is simply an exercise in individual feelings that are simply predetermined physical responses to stimuli anyway.

  • @tillablegraham
    @tillablegraham 12 років тому

    00:15

  • @guicho0o
    @guicho0o 12 років тому

    @Kris Saman so you're saying 90% of them grow up to be happy? Yes use protection, if one slips, instead of putting a baby in an orphanage, abort the fetus. Thia world's already too over populated.

  • @littlemas2
    @littlemas2 12 років тому

    I did not say I could demonstrate it to your satisfaction, but to mine. I can make a case based on evidence and reason, but whether you believe it or not is not something that I can control. I have read and listened to a number of arguments on both sides of the issue and I am convinced that belief in God explains the world better than a purely physical universe. Morality is one of those areas where God explains it, but it makes no sense in a world where everything is just physical forces.

  • @littlemas2
    @littlemas2 12 років тому

    No, I am claiming that when something has sapience is not clear cut. When for instance does it begin? Do infants have it? If so do fetuses have it? Do people with dementia have it? Do people who are unconscious have it? I also asked a second question that you have not answered, namely why is any level of sapience confer enough value to make something worth killing or not? You have not defined sapience in a clear way, nor have you defended why sapience confers value.

  • @princeofexcess
    @princeofexcess 11 років тому

    Not with the definition of corruption i given you. In fact its impossible for there to be that kind of corruption in free market. And the problem is that nowhere in the world libertarian ideas are in place. There used to be that america was founded upon them and america really was a land of a free and the wealthy. Now all of it is wasting away. People are always ruled by fear and not by reason so its easy to use words like "horror" and "crazy" to convince others.Using evidence is a little harder

  • @littlemas2
    @littlemas2 12 років тому

    Can you demonstrate morality? I mean what physical test are you going to run to show that I have any obligation to do anything other than what I want and can get away with? Morality is not scientifically testable because moral obligations are not physical.

  • @littlemas2
    @littlemas2 12 років тому

    Also, while sapience is a nice idea of yours, a lot of people don't agree with you about the value of all sapient life. Some people think skin color, nationality, or simply personal value to me should define how much I value someone. You seem to be assuming that those who disagree with you should recognize your standard as "the standard." Why should someone who has the power to impose their will like a dictator or a serial killer, care about someone else's ability to think?

  • @robobrain10000
    @robobrain10000 12 років тому

    If you know that you can't support the child, then why have one? Isn't abortion a far more humane thing to do than this?

  • @littlemas2
    @littlemas2 12 років тому

    How would you know what I deny or don't deny? You did not even take the time to understand the statement that I made. You made a knee-jerk reaction and assumed things, then you go so far as to insult me and wish harm to me? I am not sure how you ever get into rational discussion if insult is your first argument.

  • @littlemas2
    @littlemas2 12 років тому

    My evidence is objective, such things as minds, order, morality, consciousness, existence of anything, are observable but not explainable by philosophical naturalism, and are explainable by a personal creative God.
    First, the evolutionary explanation is simply a nice story, but is not testable science either. Second, as stated earlier, even if true it is descriptive of how moral ideas may have came to be in our brains, but not prescriptive for anyone.

  • @Spaceisprettybig
    @Spaceisprettybig 11 років тому

    It's always enlightening to come to the comment sections of videos about undebatable tragedies such as this, as you'll always find at least one person trying to debate it. Seeing the mind of a psychopath at work is utterly fascinating.

  • @guicho0o
    @guicho0o 12 років тому +2

    Abortion could be the number 1 enemy of orphanages. But no, "we need to give that baby a chance to live," blah blah. Yea to live, and then kill himself at an institution.. To live, miserably.

  • @littlemas2
    @littlemas2 12 років тому

    Furthermore, you continue to ignore the more important background question, why is sapience "the" factor for determining value? You can continue to claim straw man argument all you want, but I do not in fact see any argument. All I see is assertions with no defense or explanation.

  • @TheaDragonSpirit
    @TheaDragonSpirit 12 років тому

    Would you rather be a orphan or be aborted and have no life at all?

  • @littlemas2
    @littlemas2 12 років тому

    You have made claims that you have not yet been willing to defend or explain. Why should anyone believe your claims if you are not willing to defend or further explain them. I do not believe sapience is by itself an adequate reason to confer value, and I have been attempting to show the weakness of it based on the fact that it is such a relative quality that is hard to define. You have asserted it, but have not shown its strength, so why should I (or anyone) agree with you.

  • @TheAnubisDrake
    @TheAnubisDrake 11 років тому

    Bernie Madoff...checkmate.

  • @littlemas2
    @littlemas2 12 років тому

    You are the one claiming that some human organisms have value based on sapience while others do not, and thus could be aborted. When does a human organism attain sapience? At what point of development does a human organism have sapience? How do you define when the have enough nervous system/ intelligence/ emotions/ etc. to be called sapient? You say there are no levels, but you clearly believe that at some point sapience begins, so there is an in and an out. What are the deciding factors?

  • @abusehername
    @abusehername 12 років тому

    ..oh look, wax-figures 8:50

  • @PrestonLeeCole
    @PrestonLeeCole 12 років тому

    I'll be one of the few to go ahead and dislike. Although this is enlightening, she says a few things I think are silly. Firstly, children have a right to a family? This is the opposite of the way families, or groups work. You must be invited to join a group, which is exactly why we have so many groupless, family-less children - they aren't invited. Yes?

  • @eatcarpet
    @eatcarpet 12 років тому

    Typical out of touch with reality market fundamentalist.

  • @abusehername
    @abusehername 12 років тому

    ..haha.

  • @jerrylittlemars
    @jerrylittlemars 12 років тому

    HAHAHAHAHA LMAO

  • @TheaDragonSpirit
    @TheaDragonSpirit 11 років тому

    And yet your not dead. How interesting. Guess you want to exist now. CORRECT! PLANK!