What does it mean to be an orphan?
An orphan is a child who has lost both parents through death or a child bereft of parental care.... regardless of circumstances the parents are not there for the child.
Many people feel orphaned at different times in their lives; however, there is a vast difference between feeling like an orphan and being an orphan.
Children are allowed to consider themselves adults when they are eighteen – that is, when they can vote, because they can think for themselves and take care of themselves. Before that they are not able to look after themselves.
Consider the orphan who one day has the security and structure of a home, parent(s) and family and the next day has none of these. The floor hasn’t just dropped; it has disappeared. Wiped out – nothing. There are no points of reference.
