i grew up as an orphan.
[{"role": "system", "content": "An orphanage is a residential institution devoted to the care of orphans\u2014children whose biological parents are deceased or otherwise unable or unwilling to take care of them. Biological parents, and sometimes biological grandparents, are legally responsible for supporting children, but in the absence of these, no named godparent, or other relatives willing to care for the children, they become a ward of the state, and orphanages are one way of providing for their care, housing and education. It is frequently used to describe institutions abroad, where it is a more accurate term, since the word orphan has a different definition in international adoption. Most children who live in orphanages are not orphans; four out of five children in orphanages having at least one living parent and most having some extended family. Most orphanages have been closed in Europe and North America. There remain a large number of state funded orphanages in the former Soviet Bloc but they are slowly being phased out in favour of direct support to vulnerable families and the development of foster care and adoption services where this is not possible. Few large international charities continue to fund orphanages; however, they are still commonly founded by smaller charities and religious groups.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have always wondered what life as an orphan was like."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, it would be very sad for a child to have to be placed in an orphanage b/c his parents are unable to take care of him, whether it is b/c of death or other reasons"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes, it would be a very sad situation indeed! I would hope that the children are all well taken care of and given the life skills the would need in the future."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Obviously biological parents or grandparents are legally responsible for supporting children but if they are unable or there is no one else ophanages are able to take care of their housing, care, and education"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Do you know how many children are estimated to be in an orphanage currently?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I know that orphanages are actually more of term used abroad b/c they aren't actually used for children here in North America anymore.  We use more group homes or Foster Care system"}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's interesting! Do you happen to know when the first orphanage was created in America?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I don't do you?  I do knoww that most children who live in orphanages around the world aren't actually orphans four out five children in orphanages have one living parent"}]