Why Orphanages Fail Kids and Families Fix It

Most children living in orphanages worldwide are not actually orphans — they have family, and a broken system keeps them apart. Institutional care produces measurable harm to child development, attachment, and lifelong outcomes, yet it remains the default in country after country. Caroline Boudreaux, founder of Miracle Foundation, has helped move 83,000 children and families away from warehousing and toward safe, stable family placement using data, AI-driven risk detection, and community-level system reform. This episode is the blueprint for what ethical child welfare actually looks like. ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH CAROLINE BOUDREAUX 🌐 Website: https://www.miraclefoundation.org 📸 Instagram: @themiraclefoundation 📘 Facebook: TheMiracleFoundation.org 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/miraclefoundation/ 🐦 X / Twitter: https://x.com/TheMiracleFound ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMFwebsitevideos ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices