Considering the difficulties in the functioning of the orphaned children from children’s homes, the question arises whether there is a cause-and-effect relationship between the malfunctioninga nd experiencing social orphanhood. The main purpose of the article is to establish a link betweenthe social and emotional functioning of the orphaned children and their experiencing social orphanhood. Furthermore, the article aims at answering the questions of how the orphaned children functionsocially and emotionally and whether there is a correlation between their functioning and social orphanhood they experience. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to address the research problem. The research involved adopting methods of individual cases and diagnostic surveys. All the methods used in the research allowed to prove the thesis on the relationship between the social andemotional functioning and social orphanhood the orphaned children experience.