I am a former Catholic and I hate a lot of their wrongs. But, to be fair, a family kicking out the pregnant daughter is more exception than rule these days. Teen pregnancy rate is high among Catholics (that silly anti-birth control notion) and while the parents certainly will not be happy about it (and may talk tough…

I believe the drama in question isn't the child's interest, but rather a birth mother changing her mind about desiring to parent, or, in the case of open adoptions, causing problems down the line.

To be fair China, and lots of other countries, did this years ago. It sucks just the same, but it is sort of impressive that Russia allowed it as long as they did.

Clearly, the perfect MST3K for this winter Hellscape is The Day The Earth Froze, because someone sure as Hell stole the fucking Sampo!

They also may have recently moved from a more arid location. My daughter was adopted from near the Gobi Desert area in China at right about that same age. She had just about the same sort of reaction.
I wish I had thought to record it.

Yes, this is what promise rings meant when I was in high school. Still not advisable, but more silly than icky.

To be fair, one can get digital cameras pretty cheap these days. I can't speak for the iPod but, unless it was new out of the box, I'd like to think it was a hand-me-down. Our TWO-year-old was constantly hogging my first generation refurbished iPad, so without any asking from either of us, my husband got me a newer…

I hate to be snarky, but in addition to the Princess Leia, I am flashing back to playing the Virgin Mary In a 8th Grade Nativity procession.

When we were in China to adopt our daughter we spent time in a department/grocery store in Lanzhou, which does not get many Western visitors. I was surprised and disappointed to find as many or more blonde dolls in the toy department. We were looking for local toys and trinkets to give our daughter as she gets older,…

Good summary. Also, this isn't even the first time this has happened on this soap opera. Sammi did the same thing to Austin years and years ago. And, I would not be surprised if their are other examples as well.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that. This is the only thing that led me to take the story at face value that the girl had been stolen.

I only took this story more or less at face value (and I found it surprising that something so stereotypical as "gypsies steal children" could actually be true, even in one instance) due to one thing. The photographs look to me like the little girl's hair had been dyed darker at some point in the distant past. You'll…

The more daring thing would be to put the handlebar mustache on the front. Which is really making me wonder ... Is mustache shaped bikini waxing a thing. Cause that shit would be funny. Um, not sexy, but way to stick with the bit. And, if this is a thing, Jezebel needs to cover it ASAP.

I'm not a fan of these (though I have watched A few episodes of Toddlers & Tiaras and Honey Boo Boo), but the photograph with the story makes French children's pageants look downright tastefull.

Why hasn't this become mainstream style? *pout*

No kidding, I've sworn an oath since childhood against the "Brillo Pad Helmut"!