The Ideal Maternity Home was operated in Nova Scotia from 1928-1947 by Lila and William Young.\xa0 The home served as a place for unwed mothers to give birth to their children outside the view of a disapproving society.\xa0 It also had a much darker side: illegal adoptions without material consent or knowledge, disposal of "non-perfect" babies, indentured servitude, and horrible treatment of both mothers and children.\xa0\xa0