[bella1]

Friends of ours adopted a child when he was 5 . By the age of ten they relinquished him to the state. Why? Because he was a pyromaniac and was going to end up killing them and their other children, both natural and adopted. They had no choice.

[Spacetrucker]

It is sad it had to come to that. Though I am a firm believer in any child can be helped if abnormal behavior is caught early, it would not be prudent of me to second-guess any given situation. Our son exhibited said abnormal behavior right away, and with constant effort on our part and the help of others, he is coming along well. Needless to say the journey isn’t over but we have hope and will never stop doing whatever we can. Prayers to your friend for the difficult and torturous decision they had to make.