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An investigation by Reuters in partnership with NBC News has uncovered an underground world of "re-homing" where parents give away their unwanted children to strangers, sometimes after placing ads online. "Re-homing" is a term typically used by owners seeking to get rid of pets, and posts on online bulletin boards for both practices look strikingly similar. Born in October of 2000 - this handsome boy, Rick was placed from India a year ago and is obedient and eager to please, one ad for a child read.
The practice has little governmental oversight.
Tennessee woman Nora Gateley told NBC News that she was given away to new parents at age 14 and lived in a "nightmarish" rural home in with 17 other kids. Get out and go dig your own grave, Gateley, now 26, said her new mother told her. I dont care if you die. Nobody will find you. You were not even here in the first place.
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/222942481.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_LABrand
benld74
(9,889 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)gopiscrap
(23,674 posts)I hope those four parents that did that get some serious jail time. I was a foster child in a great foster home and I remember how scary even that was when I first got there. I entered at 15.
freeplessinseattle
(3,508 posts)why isn't this out there more! Hope it gets more exposure soon. Even got lost in the fray on DU!