A new low for adoptive parents. There is a certain breed of us who are often fundamentalist, with large families, who see their adoptioons as some sort of God-ordained project... (more)

and thus fundraise for their kid as if he or she is a charity. A new low now... this family making a public appeal for money, leading with some woe tale of fertility struggles AFTER THEY HAD 4 KIDS ALREADY, and how much they spent adopting their fifth kid, and then adopted their 6th w/o the birthfather having any idea. Birthfather was notified and objected as the law allows; they have dragged out the litigation for two years. I cannot believe people like this. http://frei-adoption.com/Frei/Leah.html

posted December 4th, 2012 at 10:33pm in Toddler

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This is not "new"- there have been many cases which were typically screwed up by agencies or lawyers and of course the adoptive parents are going to be bonded and have difficulty...(more) 12-4-2012 10:35pm
giving up their db
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do you want to adopt all those unwanted kids? 12-4-2012 10:35pm
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- op: She wasn't unwanted. Her father wanted to raise her, said so immediately, and the family fought. As for me, I can only afford to raise one kid (whom I adopted). 12-4-2012 10:38pm
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- np: did you read the whole op? This dc is wanted by the dad 12-4-2012 10:38pm
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I'm fine with people fundraising to adopt hard to place kids 12-4-2012 10:36pm
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- op: She wasn't hard to place. She had a birthparent who wanted to raise her. 12-4-2012 10:39pm
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  - Article:...(more) 12-4-2012 10:39pm
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/04/leah-frei-utah-adoption_n_2239398.html
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  - yes, I wasnt responding to the specific case- just in general. No, it's hard to be sympathetic on this one- they are also getting led on by a lawyer to keep fighting 12-4-2012 10:45pm
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Gross - already had 2 boys and 2 girls and bitchig about infertility? WTF? 12-4-2012 10:40pm
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