Monday, February 13, 2012

Pants on Fire

A week or so ago, we were approached about an adoptive situation through D*C*F*S.

From the beginning, something hasn’t added up.

They state that the child has some pretty typical challenges for a child in foster care.

Nothing terribly dramatic.

Yet their current placement indicates issues well beyond what they are describing.

If our experiences over the last few years have taught us anything, it’s that if something doesn’t seem right, it’s probably very very wrong.

After sending a question-laden email, I think we landed on the answer.

Apparently the child’s issues were “magnified” to get them into the placement.

(Ahem.)

So let me get this straight.

You admit that you fudged information to get this child into their current foster home.

Yet you want us to agree to work with you to place the child in OUR home?

How could we ever, ever believe that you were telling US the unvarnished truth about this child?

We could’t.

We wouldn’t.

We’re out.

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