Explore: Orphaned Child

An orphan is a child whose parents have died, are unknown, or have permanently abandoned them. It can also refer to a child who has lost only one parent

"wounded child", "abandoned or orphan child", "dependent child", "magical/innocent child", "nature child", "divine child", and "eternal child". Jung placed

Children (0–17 years) orphaned by AIDS, 2005, estimate 31,000 Children (0–17 years) orphaned due to all causes, 2005, estimate 340,000 Orphan school attendance

Sun-Times gave Orphan 31⁄2 stars out of 4, writing: "After seeing 'Orphan,' I now realize that Damien of 'The Omen' was a model child. The Demon Seed

confused with orphan processes, a process that is still executing, but whose parent has died. When the parent dies, the orphaned child process is adopted

separated at a young age as orphans on the orphan train. "Orphan Train Series" by Jody Hedlund, a series about three orphaned sisters in the 1850s, the

of children, orphaned early in childhood Pulcheria, Roman ruler "Augusta Imperatrix" Aristotle, Greek philosopher and scientist, orphaned in early childhood

A social orphan is a child with no adults looking after them, even though one or more parents are still alive. Usually the parents are alcoholics, drug

mothers, and orphans. The Catholic Church urged many mothers to admit children to orphanages despite not having been formally orphaned due to their "bastard"

An AIDS orphan is a child who became an orphan because one or both parents died from AIDS. In statistics from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS