That was the reaction Adam and I had when we read this article we saw in STLtoday.com:
Adam and my prayers are with the Rhotens. Everyone who has adopted internationally or knows of someone who has adopted internationally, should be praying for the Rhotens. We can only imagine what they’ve gone through and how bad it had to have been for them to have felt they had to take the actions they did, whether they were right or wrong.
People have asked why we should have to take parenting classes, and we’ve even joked about it. Well, folks, this is why we have to take parenting classes. This is why we WANT to take parenting classes. This is adoption, not natural birth. While natural parenting instincts are good, they don’t always work with adopted children. I don’t know if any amount of parenting classes would have helped the situation the Rhotens are in. For all we know, they may have done much more than what we are going to do.
:-(