However, there are some things that are not so different about the foster homes in these two different times. Even though foster homes in the present day seem great that is not always the case. Just like not all foster homes in the past were as bad as they seemed. Some foster homes in the present day are not very good at all. Sometimes children get physically abused or are not always wanted just like in the past. In The Orphan Train, the girl that is almost 18 and is in a present day foster home is not always wanted in her home. The foster mom in the book feels like she doesn’t want the girl anymore, sometimes and doesn’t always take into consideration what she likes and dislikes or what she believes or disbelieves. In present day foster homes things do not go as smoothly as they seem to sometimes just like in foster homes in the past weren’t always as bad as the seemed. In foster homes in the past children would sometimes find a family that does love them and cares for them just like a mother and father would just like more foster homes in the present day. Small children especially would find this kind of love because since they were so adolescent when they were adopted, the family or couple could raise them as their own. In these cases the children don’t often remember their past experiences on the orphan trains so all they know is their new home and new family. Even though foster homes in the present day and foster homes in the past a very, very different, they are the same in some cases and those cases are sometimes good, but sometimes not so good, it all depends on what kind of home it is and what kind of people take them