Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 24, 2016
October 23, 2016
October 25, 2016
Transcript:
Stephen: What's the matter, neighbor Bob? Bob: My wife and I are trying to adopt. What a pain. Background checks, letters of recommendation, blood tests, interviews, home visits, huge fees. You have kids. What'd you do? Stephen: Got drunk and had sex. Bob: I give up. Stephen: And they seem like good kids...at least the few times I talk to them.
Adoption isn’t easy as most of the children up for adoption are pretty damaged. It takes an unusually good couple to care for them. Most have been neglected, abused, even sexually abused. A lot of it’s drug related. My cousin and his wife are trying to adopt 3 boys whose druggie parents simply dropped them off at children’s services then disappeared. So you have to be willing to take on those problems when you adopt a child these days. They had been in other foster homes where they were physically and sexually abused. Plus they had been neglected and physically abused by their parents when drugged up, and the parents had “rented” them out to pedophiles for drug money as well. The boys have loads of problems, as you can imagine, and it’s going to take a long time to get them straightened out. People who adopt such children are sure earning their spots in heaven the hard way.