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The abuse case where the foster adopted kids were locked in cages is back in the news.
The dad is standing trial for what I would call severe abuse. Locking the children up, hosing them down, withholding food.
He had eleven children lined up in cages.
(I didn’t want to post a photo of children in cages, hence the lining up of dolls)
The adoptive parents want the kids back!
The dad now explains why he adopted:
“The children that he had paid pretty good, that he was probably going to quit his job and build an orphanage and get all the children he could.”
Huh?
I guess Ohio still gives a financial subsidy for adopting foster children, but some states don’t have funds for that any more.
Is this a case against subsidies?
I doubt it. Few people adopt for the money. You would make a lot more money for a lot less hours getting a regular job or even as a day care worker than for an adoption subsidy.
Some international adoptions require follow up visits by a caseworker for a year or more, and post placement letters and interviews.
Why don’t we here in the USA?
Didn’t the caseworker or the judge or a home study supervisor intuitively understand this couple didn’t have the tools to handle the severities of the disabilities? Is this why the parents put the kids in cages?
I do not think any states require follow up visits after a foster adoption.
I wish that the caseworker had followed up in a post adoption visit.
I wish the neighbors had reported the abuse earlier.
I wish the kids didn’t have severe disabilities stemming from alcohol and drugs.
I wish there weren’t any abusive parents – adoptive or otherwise.
