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The article relates to a pedagogically important problem of life aspirations of modern youth - children from orphanages. The article is based on empirical research conducted in care and educational institutions in the Swietokrzyskie area. Special attention is paid to the educational, family and professional aspirations of the respondents. The obtained results were developed with the SPSS package provided. The data prove that the level of educational and family aspirations is low, while the material aspirations are high. Factors determining the aspirations of the surveyed students are the duration of stay in an orphanage and gender. Life aspirations of the surveyed junior high school students are not correlated with previous educational achievements.