How Long to Read The Guardianship of Best Interests

How Long Does it Take to Read The Guardianship of Best Interests?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 45 minutes to read The Guardianship of Best Interests by Renée Nicole Lafferty

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

It is difficult to imagine how orphan asylums and children's homes - often depicted as places where abuse, deprivation, and cruelty were commonplace - once presented a viable solution to child neglect. Renée N. Lafferty examines this response as it played out in Halifax, demonstrating how these homes reacted both creatively and valiantly to their environment, despite chronic underfunding and a narrow vision of the possibilities available to disadvantaged children. The Guardianship of Best Interests traces the creation and administration of children's homes in Halifax from the mid-nineteenth century to their closure in the mid-twentieth. Against the backdrop of a city torn apart by race and religious politics, financial challenges, two world wars, and the devastating explosion of 1917, Halifax institutions frequently represented themselves as the cutting edge of professional child welfare methods. Placing their histories at the core of this study, Lafferty challenges the common assertion that such homes were readily abandoned in favour of the foster care method promoted by the Children's Aid Society. Through the unique perspective gained by considering inter-denominational competition, along with the effects of racism and the political posturing of the province's emerging welfare bureaucracy, The Guardianship of Best Interests unearths the significant similarities between past child welfare practices and our current approaches toward neglect and dependency.

How long is The Guardianship of Best Interests?

The Guardianship of Best Interests by Renée Nicole Lafferty is 402 pages long, and a total of 101,304 words.

This makes it 136% the length of the average book. It also has 124% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Guardianship of Best Interests Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 13 minutes to read The Guardianship of Best Interests aloud.

What Reading Level is The Guardianship of Best Interests?

The Guardianship of Best Interests is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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