The Guardianship of Best InterestsIt is difficult to imagine how orphan asylums and children's homes often depicted as places where abuse, deprivation, and cruelty were commonplace once presented a viable solution to child neglect. Rene N. Lafferty examines this response as it played out in Halifax, demonstrating how these homes reacted both creatively and valiantly to their environment, despite chronic underfunding and a narrow vision of the possibilities available to disadvantaged