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The Czech Republic is the last country in the European Union where children under the age of three are placed in institutional care rather than with foster parents. Over 1200 children a year, a quarter of them toddlers, are committed to orphanages each year. According to children’s rights advocates, new legislation aimed at placing children with foster families will fail to bring about real change.
Even a short stay in an institution can permanently damage a child’s development – their basic emotional and psychological well-being and cognitive capability. Apart from that, studies show that institutional care is far more expensive, both in the short- and long-term, than supporting children in either their biological, foster or adoptive families.