Hardly falls in the same category
Do you think if his adoptive parents were 20 years younger he would have turned out differently?
Do you think 30-somethings are lining up to adopt siblings abandoned by alcoholics or drug abusers? .
Do you even realize how many grandparents are raising 2d families?
This kids revealed history and his odd facial and head shape suggests FAS/FAE, reactive attachment disorder and more
No matter what age the parents, there is precious little mental health support for children this damaged unless you are very rich ($150k residential treatment per year) or very poor ( gov foots the bill for residential placement)
There are thousands of juvenile sociopaths aka gang bangers- roaming around - many the products of teen mothers - who should be involuntarily committed to residential treatment in their childhood years
Good analysis. We adopted a child when she was 3. Her birth mother used drugs. Her step father abused her. She’s doing reasonably well now but was very difficult to raise. We thought all you need is love.
He’d have had a much better chance if his dad was 40 instead of 65. He could have disciplined the boy and steered him through HS channeling him into sports.
I suspect they are Eastern European familial adoptees with a probable genetic or FAS syndrome at the root of the story.
A neighbor claimed that his mother was trying to give both boys to her daughter to raise in NY sometime after the dad died 13 years ago. Obviously, they have been more than a handful forever.
What happens after the involuntary residential treatment for juveniles?