“Any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members ; the last, the least, the littlest.”

The above quote has been stated in several ways for over 100 years by various individuals, including (but not limited to) Churchill, Pope John Paul II, Dostoyevsky, Truman, etc. And how will America be judged? Here’s a shocking and disturbing report about the way too many of our children are being “mis-treated.” Click on the photo below to be redirected to the Reuters page that contains five very disturbing glimpses into the mistreatment.

“Reuters investigative reporter Megan Twohey spent 18 months examining how American parents use the Internet to find new families for children they regret adopting. Reporters identified eight online bulletin boards where participants advertised unwanted children, often international adoptees, as part of an informal practice that’s called “private re-homing.” Reuters data journalist Ryan McNeill worked with Twohey and reporter Robin Respaut to analyze 5,029 posts from one of the bulletin boards, a Yahoo group called Adopting-from-Disruption.

“Separately, Reuters examined almost two dozen cases from across the United States in which adopted children were privately re-homed. Twohey reviewed thousands of pages of records, many of them confidential, from law enforcement and child welfare agencies. In scores of interviews, reporters talked with parents who gave away or took in children, the facilitators who helped them, organizations that participated in re-homing, and experts concerned about the risks posed to the children and the legality of the custody transfers. Twohey also interviewed children themselves. They talked about being brought to America, discarded by their adoptive parents and moved from home to home.” – Reuters