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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 88334" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>We had a similar situation. I don't know if we did the right or wrong thing, but I'll tell you how we handled it.</p><p>We adopted an eleven year old who sexually abused our kids, killed our pets, set fires and did his business in the closet. We actually were so naive (or stupid, take your pick) that we didn't know he was doing anything for a few years. We didn't know about the mini-fires. We thought some drugged teens were killing our dogs (at the time our teen was in with a bad crowd). We thought our dogs were doing their business all over. We couldn't believe that such a sweet child (and he acted SWEET) was actually terrorizing the neighborhood. Neighbor adults liked him, and neighbor kids never told on him, although I know now that he terrorized a few of them. And that's only the ones we found out about. My other kids were so scared of him they were afraid to tell us, and he told them he'd burn us all to death in the house if they did. Once we found out, we called CPS, told them to take him and said we never wanted to have any contact with him again. He was dangerous to our children, to us, and to the neighborhood. We never did see him again. He's eighteen years old now--somewhere--and, trust me, we don't ever feel guilty and we certainly don't miss him. We moved and have an unlisted phone number to keep our identity more secret just in case he goes ballistic and wants to find us. I wouldn't be one bit surprised to see his face on television one day as a murderer. It's your call, but I wanted to offer empathy. You can't save every child. Some are beyond it. Sad, but true.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 88334, member: 1550"] We had a similar situation. I don't know if we did the right or wrong thing, but I'll tell you how we handled it. We adopted an eleven year old who sexually abused our kids, killed our pets, set fires and did his business in the closet. We actually were so naive (or stupid, take your pick) that we didn't know he was doing anything for a few years. We didn't know about the mini-fires. We thought some drugged teens were killing our dogs (at the time our teen was in with a bad crowd). We thought our dogs were doing their business all over. We couldn't believe that such a sweet child (and he acted SWEET) was actually terrorizing the neighborhood. Neighbor adults liked him, and neighbor kids never told on him, although I know now that he terrorized a few of them. And that's only the ones we found out about. My other kids were so scared of him they were afraid to tell us, and he told them he'd burn us all to death in the house if they did. Once we found out, we called CPS, told them to take him and said we never wanted to have any contact with him again. He was dangerous to our children, to us, and to the neighborhood. We never did see him again. He's eighteen years old now--somewhere--and, trust me, we don't ever feel guilty and we certainly don't miss him. We moved and have an unlisted phone number to keep our identity more secret just in case he goes ballistic and wants to find us. I wouldn't be one bit surprised to see his face on television one day as a murderer. It's your call, but I wanted to offer empathy. You can't save every child. Some are beyond it. Sad, but true. [/QUOTE]
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