Post by Jeanne Sager
Normally I would say there's no difference between biological parents and parents who adopt. Parents are parents, period. But the story of the Minnesota couple accused of starving their adopted 8-year-old son nearly to death and making him endure unspeakable abuses draws a line between the two. Mona and Russell Hauer were blessed with the opportunity to adopt a little boy, and if police allegations prove true, they took that blessing and destroyed it in the most heinous way possible. The Hauers, who also have a biological child and adopted their 8-year-old son's two siblings, are accused of some six felonies for actions that are far from parent-like. Their son is 8, but when doctors examined him, he was the size of a 4-year-old, and his brain had atrophied due to malnutrition.Image may be NSFW.
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Normally I would say there's no difference between biological parents and parents who adopt. Parents are parents, period. But the story of the Minnesota couple accused of starving their adopted 8-year-old son nearly to death and making him endure unspeakable abuses draws a line between the two. Mona and Russell Hauer were blessed with the opportunity to adopt a little boy, and if police allegations prove true, they took that blessing and destroyed it in the most heinous way possible. The Hauers, who also have a biological child and adopted their 8-year-old son's two siblings, are accused of some six felonies for actions that are far from parent-like. Their son is 8, but when doctors examined him, he was the size of a 4-year-old, and his brain had atrophied due to malnutrition.Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
