Monroe Harding Children's Home

Lived at Monroe longer than any other child...it was home to me in the 50's and 60's. I am shocked at some of the reviews...things I never knew....it was a different time and people were confused as to what to do with unwanted, abused, or neglected children... they did the best they could with the info they had. I had my own horror stories...but am a fellow survivor..as you are. more

I and two of my sisters lived there for a while in the 50's. One little sister was sexually abused by the administrator who used to invite a "special little girl" into his home which was on the campus. She tried to tell a housemother who told her "not to talk like that". She kept it a secret for another 50+ years. I wrote to MH about this but no one felt it necessary to reply. more

Well in 1965, I was at risk and someone thought that going to Monroe Harding was a good ideal. I am not too sure what I was at risk of but I know that I did need help. By this time in my life I could not go to school and learn I was too tied up with the heart ache of alcoholic parents and no one to help me to learn. Not just the A B C’s but how to live day to day life. I would fight every day at school and come home at night and referee my mom and dad. So off to Monroe Harding I went. The first year I was at Monroe I grew mentally. I had a new chance to have some sort of ideal how to live life with harmony and love. The life there was structure and the same every day. No surprises with steady guidance. I learned the basics of the how to live happy and with kindness and truth. As each day came I grew to love Monroe. The people there and I were all in the same boat as each other. Most came from families with drinking problems or in trouble with the law. We understood each other so there was a lot of mentoring done there by the other kids. Once I got to understand that it was a place for me to trust I fit right in with everyone else . . . more

I was here at Monroe Harding for some time- I left there in '96 I can only say I hope it's better now, than then-- I honestly felt like I was in a prison! I'm glad to see there are new members of the staff and not the same people when i was there! I can't count the number of times I prayed for the others after i left that hell hole of a place!! I am sorry to see Darci still remains there- she was the most difficult lucrative human being i've ever come in contact with! more

this is where I work now. They are commited to being a bridge for at risk high school boys to successful and independent living. There is also a mentoring and volunteer program that is coordinated through the organization which is pretty cool too. They have GED tutoring as well as a resource center. more