If you’ve been patient enough to be a regular reader of this blog, you know my opinion on the adoption of children.
\nUnfortunately, you don’t have to look very hard, or even make a conscious effort, to find cases where adoptees have been mistreated, abused or murdered by those responsible for their care.<\/p>
If you’ve been patient enough to be a regular reader of this blog, you know my opinion on the adoption of children. Unfortunately, you don’t have to look very hard, or even make a conscious effort, to find cases where … Continue reading
\nThe reason for this is that adopted children are often considered possessions, not people. A possession may not function as the purchaser expects. Absent a return policy or a warranty, the response of the purchaser is, too often, disappointment and even rage.
\nThe media – in this case, CNN – does the public an important service by revealing the ugly reality of adoption. Too often, this trade in human life is over-sentimentalized by those with a vested interest in maintaining this 1.4 billion dollar a year business.
\nThis is the story<\/a> of Alex, a 6 year old boy from Russia who was beaten to death in the month following his adoption.
\nLet us only hope that justice – whether in a courtroom or a jailhouse – is meted out appropriately to the perpetrator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"