NUMBER 78 • 1 AUGUST 2002 • FAMILY TIES
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	If family ties are to be conserved and family responsibilities insisted upon, systematic attention is needed in dealing with the families of children for whom we are caring ... When the child comes into care, the family comes with it ... By such means reconstructive and recreative work with families becomes possible, the child does not stay away from his home any longer than is necessary, and there is ample time for his adjustment and follow-up”.
	— CARL CARSTENS (1927) Extracts from a speech made by Carl Carstens when he was the first Director of the Child Welfare League of America. Quoted in Daniels, J. and Tucker, O. (1989) Transforming the child care institution into a family-oriented system, in Group Care of Children: Transitions toward the year 2000. Washington DC: CWLA