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The more I read about international adoption, the more I become convinced that it does far more harm than good. The twin desires of Americans to have children and help those in need have created a huge and profitable industry, rife with corruption. It destroys families and diverts dollars which could otherwise help poor children to stay in their own countries. It allows Americans to ignore the over 100,000 American children in foster care who would benefit from being adopted.
And it turns out that many of the children who do come to the U.S., about 10,000 in the past year, are worse off. Contrary to what Americans expect, these children are often nothing like Dondi, the dream child adopted from Italy as a five-year-old after World War II by a U.S. soldier. Dondi, of course, was only a character in the comic strip of the same name which ran from 1955 to 1986. No, real foreign adoptees may suffer from RAD, PTSD, ODD, or whatever label shrinks put on a child who is a holy terror.
And it turns out that many of the children who do come to the U.S., about 10,000 in the past year, are worse off. Contrary to what Americans expect, these children are often nothing like Dondi, the dream child adopted from Italy as a five-year-old after World War II by a U.S. soldier. Dondi, of course, was only a character in the comic strip of the same name which ran from 1955 to 1986. No, real foreign adoptees may suffer from RAD, PTSD, ODD, or whatever label shrinks put on a child who is a holy terror.
