All "institutionalism" is cast away.

In each cottage is a group of boys or a group of girls living under family conditions.

They are not all of the same age; some are big and some are little, and the big ones look after the little ones.

Each cottage has its own kitchen and orders its own supplies from the general store.

The girls' cottages have each a matron (sometimes a widow who with her little ones has been admitted to Mooseheart), and she advises the girls how to do the buying and the cooking.
In the boys' cottages there is a proctor to advise them and usually a woman cook.