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Cherokeewolf William Diedrich

2-month-old boy in foster care with Cheryl and Earl Green died from multiple brain injuries.
Date: 2010-01-09
Placement type: Foster care
Type of abuse: Lethal physical abuse
Abuser: Undetermined

Location

Nashville, Tennessee
United States
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Children in foster care with Garry Prokopishin

Three children in foster care with Garry Prokopishin were allegedly offered money in exchange for sexual acts by their foster father. Garry Prokopishin was once honored as Foster Parent of the Year.
Date: 2010-02-04
Placement type: Adoption
Type of abuse: Sexual abuse
Abuser: Foster father

Location

Calgery, Alberta
Canada
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Girls adopted by Kevin and Elizabeth Schatz

An 8-year-old and an 11-year-old girl adopted by Kevin P. and Elizabeth H. Schatz were physically abused. The 8-year-old girl died of cardiac arrest. The Schatz's had 6 biological children and three adopted children, all of them homeschooled.
Date:
Placement type: Adoption
Type of abuse: Non-lethal physical abuse, Lethal physical abuse
Abuser: Adoptive father, Adoptive mother, Undetermined
Home schooling: yes

Location

Paradise, California
United States
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'US couple didn't tend to adopted kid'

Mayura Janwalkar / DNA
February 6, 2010

Mumbai: Five years after the Bombay high court granted the guardianship of two abandoned minors to a US couple, it revoked its order in case of the older child observing that the couple had failed to fulfill their responsibility towards the child.

Nepal 'should suspend' adoptions

The adoption of children from Nepal should be suspended, the international body that governs adoption between countries has recommended.

February 4, 2010 / BBC News

An investigation found children from remote areas were falsely declared to be orphans and put up for adoption without their parents knowledge.

A draft report by The Hague Conference on Private International Law urges Nepal to take steps to prevent abuses.

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What WILL they do next?

The more I read about the ten Baptists, waiting for word in Haiti, the more I think about Scott and Karen Banks.  The Banks thought they too were providing better lives for poor children.   In fact, they chose to make it their business to take poor children, from poor parents, and sell those Samoan children to those willing (and able) to pay the tens of thousands of dollars necessary to obtain a so-called orphaned child.

Man works as detective to find relatives of Foster Care teenagers

I think this is a great idea.  A whole generation of children are lost with no relatives, cousins, aunts!   

A Determined Quest to Bring Adoptive Ties to Foster Teenagers
Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times

NURTURING ROOTS Carlos Lopez and Liz Johnson pursuing leads to relatives of foster children.

Boy adopted by Jeremiah Lovato

A 15-year-old boy adopted by single-father Jeremiah Lovato, was repeatedly beaten with a 2-by-2 piece of lumber and suffered long time physical abuse. After the boy's school suspected abuse, his father decided to "home school him".
Date: 2010-01-08
Placement type: Adoption
Type of abuse: Non-lethal physical abuse
Abuser: Adoptive father
Home schooling: yes

Location

Cimarron Hills, Colorado
United States
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New internet game encourages children to make their characters wear sexy lingerie and buy 'trophy' orphans

The Daily Mail
January 26, 2010

A new web craze where young girls make their virtual characters adopt children as fashion accessories has outraged parents' groups.

The controversial My Minx game also sees girls as young as seven giving their characters contraceptives and morning-after pills.

Illegally adopted Filipino babies traced

By Cathy C. Yamsuan
Philippine Daily Inquirer
February 1, 2010

MANILA, Philippines—Humanitarian workers using DNA tests are offering to help track down Filipino babies illegally sent to Singapore for adoption in affluent countries.

Americans arrested taking children out of Haiti

By Joseph Guyler Delva / Reuters
January 30, 2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haitian police have arrested 10 U.S. citizens caught trying to take 33 children out of the earthquake-stricken country in a suspected illicit adoption scheme, authorities said on Saturday.

Haitian children kidnapped and sold, aid workers fear

By Brett Popplewell

January 30, 2010 / thestar.com

PORT-AU-PRINCE–Kidnapped children. Multiple rapes. Gang violence. A burgeoning black market. And the unknown whereabouts of 4,000 criminals. These are but a few of the problems overwhelming police and peacekeepers tasked with maintaining order in a post-apocalyptic Haiti.

Police's 25 failings in children's home sex inquiry

By Simon Bristow
January 28, 2010 / yorkshirepost.com.uk
A POLICE force failed to properly investigate allegations of physical and sexual abuse at a Roman Catholic children's home, a report has revealed.

Scottish care home children 'stigmatised'

Almost a third of adults think children over the age of 12 are in care because they have done something wrong, according to a new survey.

January 28, 2010 / BBC News

The results of the poll have been published by Who Cares? Scotland which has launched a campaign to tackle such discrimination.

The charity said that for too long care home youngsters have been bullied or written off.

Buried Secrets

By Cameron Lucadou-Wells

November 25, 2009 / knowxjournal.com.au

POLICE have begun an investigation into claims that wards of state were bashed to death and then secretly buried at the former Bayswater Boys Home in the 1950s.

Rod Braybon, 65, of Garfield, was interviewed by Victoria Police homicide squad detectives last Thursday over his claims.

Birthmothers protest to end adoption

2007

South Korean parents of children adopted overseas call for support for single mothers and children, and an end to overseas adoption from South Korea.

Child Adoption and Graft Top U.S.-Russian Talks

By Alexander Bratersky

January 29, 2010 / The Moscow Times

A U.S.-Russian government commission on civil society distanced itself from discussing human rights issues at its first meeting, focusing instead on corruption and the adoption of Russian children.

Portugal sets up children’s shelter as concerns grow over child trafficking

January 30, 2010 / The Portugal News Online

Portuguese aid teams have set up a temporary centre to shelter Haitian orphans and children separated from parents, as international concern mounts over the possibility of child trafficking in the wake of the massive earthquake.

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Eugenics and the affect on adoption

Have any of adoptee’s ever had an adoptive family member or as in my case a step-adoptive family member use the sick perverted Eugenic theory to encourage others to think badly about you?

Is my case unique?

For a Sustainable Progress

Translated from original French article

Jan 23, 2010 / Cyberpresse

A family in China made babies their business

The lucrative trade in newborns was fueled by an adoption frenzy that saw government-run orphanages paying for children who they then made available to Westerners.

January 24, 2010/  Los Angelos Times

Review faults inaction by DHS

Of 36 recommendations after child deaths, no progress was made on 17. Others were only discussed, the agency said.

By John Sullivan
Inquirer Staff Writer

When a child dies under the care of the city's Department of Human Services, a team of experts within the agency investigates, pinpointing failings in the system and suggesting improvements.

But more than half the time, those suggestions are ignored.

Serious questions about DHS care

SPECIAL REPORT: Private contractors that provide services to children get little oversight by the agency, a review finds.

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The Nuts and Bolts of an Adoption Home Study contd.5

 

If You Already Have Children

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The Nuts and Bolts of an Adoption Home Study contd.

 

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