"When Megan Exon heard more about the Easons from another woman who monitored...
“When Megan Exon heard more about the Easons from another woman who monitored the bulletin boards, she says she became terrified. A woman whom Exon knew from the bulletin boards said she suspected that...
View Article"Last month, the Easons were staying in a hotel room in Tucson, Arizona. They...
“Last month, the Easons were staying in a hotel room in Tucson, Arizona. They had just moved out of a house; the landlord said the couple had failed to pay rent for two months. Outside the hotel,...
View Article(via Inside America’s underground network for adopted...
(via Inside America’s underground network for adopted children where the unwanted as young as 10 months old are advertised online and placed with strangers by parents desperate to get rid of them |...
View Article"On Quita’s first night with the Easons, they told her to sleep in their bed,...
“On Quita’s first night with the Easons, they told her to sleep in their bed, and Quita remembers that her adoptive mother was not wearing any clothing. When asked by Reuters what her personal...
View Article"And they had adopted children this way before on at least six occasions. In...
“And they had adopted children this way before on at least six occasions. In 2006, Nicole Eason and another man, Randy Winslow, adopted a 10-year-old boy online… Later, Winslow was arrested for sending...
View Article"They found entire message boards on Yahoo and Facebook dedicated to...
“They found entire message boards on Yahoo and Facebook dedicated to advertising adopted children and estimate that 70 per cent of the children offered were foreign-born adoptees. They come from...
View Article"Because private re-homings often bypass the government, the only vetting of...
“Because private re-homings often bypass the government, the only vetting of prospective families is done by parents who want to get rid of children. That increases the risk that kids could fall into...
View Article"People get in over their heads," says Tim Stowell, an adoptive parent who...
“"People get in over their heads," says Tim Stowell, an adoptive parent who created the Facebook group last year. "The main thing is to offer hope for families that have no hope… I also knew there were...
View ArticleAdoptive parents swap unwanted kids on the Internet - NY Daily News
Adoptive parents swap unwanted kids on the Internet - NY Daily News: When police went to the home on Oct. 21, they found Nicole, Calvin and Quita. The man convicted of armed robbery who had traveled...
View ArticleGirl, given up by adoptive parents, made to dig own grave in abusive new home...
Girl, given up by adoptive parents, made to dig own grave in abusive new home - NY Daily News: Gateley was 14 when she went to live with Tom and Debra Schmitz in Tennessee. Her biological parents...
View ArticleRed Lobster waitress posts racist receipt, and no tip, from customer — and...
Red Lobster waitress posts racist receipt, and no tip, from customer — and gets suspended by restaurant - NY Daily News: A Red Lobster waitress says that two customers failed to leave even a penny as...
View ArticleWhy You Shouldn't Be Surprised That Tiana Parker Was Kicked Out Of School For...
Why You Shouldn't Be Surprised That Tiana Parker Was Kicked Out Of School For Wearing Dreadlocks
View Article"They didn’t attend school, either; home schooling mostly consisted of Serene...
“They didn’t attend school, either; home schooling mostly consisted of Serene reading to the younger children. When the older kids watched a school bus drive past on a country road and asked why they...
View Article"Chuck Joyner, the assistant general manager for Pearl’s ministry, No Greater...
“Chuck Joyner, the assistant general manager for Pearl’s ministry, No Greater Joy, said the organization had heard from some of the hundreds of people who had adopted from Liberia. “Many, if not the...
View Article"The movement spawned numerous conferences and books built around the idea...
“The movement spawned numerous conferences and books built around the idea that adopting a needy child is a form of missionary work. “The ultimate purpose of human adoption by Christians,” author Dan...
View ArticleOrphan Fever: The Evangelical Movement's Adoption Obsession | Mother Jones
Orphan Fever: The Evangelical Movement's Adoption Obsession | Mother Jones: But [Kate Thompson’s] view began to change a few months later when Serene called to say they were sending CeCe’s brother,...
View Article"In 2008, Kimberly Forder, a Washington woman whose adopted eight-year-old...
“In 2008, Kimberly Forder, a Washington woman whose adopted eight-year-old boy had died of pneumonia in 2002, pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Prosecutors blamed his death on her systematic abuse,...
View Article"The next year, Kevin and Elizabeth Schatz, a home-schooling California...
“The next year, Kevin and Elizabeth Schatz, a home-schooling California couple adopting through Acres of Hope, admitted to beating one of their three Liberian daughters, seven-year-old Lydia, to death...
View Article"Stories also began to pile up about children who had been returned to...
“Stories also began to pile up about children who had been returned to Liberia. “You heard about the Tennessee case that returned the child to Russia?” Edward Winant, former vice consul in charge of...
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