“A STUDY TO ASSESS THE BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS AND THE COPING STRATEGIES OF THE INSTITUTIONALIZED ORPHAN CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGE 6-12 YEARS LIVING IN SELECTED ORPHANAGES AT KANPUR.”

Abstract

Children have been studied ever since man becomes a parent. The original impetus to the study of the child arose from man's love for this off springs, and for his awareness of his responsibility towards the child's welfare to see the child growth and personality unfolding itself has always been parents blessing as Christ himself said, "of such is the kingdom of heaven" The child's personality growth and maturation are affected by variety forces heredity, somatic, culture and particularly interpersonal ones. In this regard, the relationship between the child and parents assumes central importance, it from a source of permanence's of the child, an anchor in the stormy sea of life.1