These types of stories just infuriate me. As an adoptive parent, I went through background check after background check (and so did my husband) in order to gain the privilege of having our daughter join our family.
We have friends that fostered and then adopted two boys, brothers ages 3 and 2. The first time they tried to give the children a bath they cowered and cried once in the tub. The bath tub was where they were beaten and abused. And still it took two more years for NY to take parental rights away and allow the children to be adopted. The parents had admitted
abuse and drug use, blamed each other, but still lived together! I don’t even think they served any jail time!
You are a saint. An absolute saint.
God bless you and your family.