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That's true, and I thought about the hair and how many woman they may have abducted. So I feel that is ambiguous at best. The writer's were likely more concerned with retelling the Peter Pan myth then with nailing the exact details of how they got there.

I'd say a fair summation, and I laughed going back at how long this has gotten.
I will definitely acquiesce on the point that they "should" have worked outside of the system on this, because I had forgotten about the details of the Bottle Imp Episode. I maintain this episode failed to do a good job selling the idea

I agree with this in general, human systems being unable to deal with Wessen is a central conflict on this show. I still just find that given the particulars of this case in this episode our heroes come across as surprisingly cold-hearted. The tragic backstory of these orphans seems sufficiently unique that I would

While I agree that a show shouldn't have to spoon-feed every resolution, THIS episode established that the system had already failed them, possibly multiple times as they are terrified of going "back to foster" and dialogue in the episode indicates MULTIPLE rejections by parents. Then, within this episode Team Grimm

Right, clearly on the Wessen side of things SOMEBODY is looking after these kids. My criticism is on the actions of Team Grimm.
I was trying to remember that episode (I was thinking it was "Let Down your hair" but that's more about going feral). I appreciated that final scene in Bottle Imp, because it seemed less

Yes,something like this would have been good. My real problem with them dumping the kids back into the system is how crazy dangerous that is for both the kids and any potential foster parents. This is why I think it is a situation where going through official channels was a mistake. And it's not like they haven't done

It's clearly not a system in place, the Wessen uprising group seems to be directly contrary to the official Wessen Council who emphasize concealment at all costs. Though If it turns out that the council is behind the Occultatum Libera stuff, that would actually be pretty cool.

*hostage for 2 years

Why not? The kids had been living out of the system for 2 years (minimum) already, they did not find them within the confines of official police activity, and there was 0 reason to report this. You could argue it was to give Wendy's husband closure, but "4 clearly disturbed kids held her hostage for a year" doesn't

Totally agree with the last point, as I said in my initial post. Though since the Libera group are probably bad guys (actually hoping it's greyer than that) this decision will probably come back to bite them in the ass. But Team Grimm had no way of knowing that they would be going there.
As for your other points, you

These are four kids who have survived on their own (chained up "Mom" really doesn't count) for at LEAST 2 years, because they were so terrified of themselves and the responses of their human foster parents, It's not even about raising them, it's about teaching them not to kill. It doesn't have to be Monroe and Rosalee

Frankly, not agreeing to foster them is downright shameful on their part. They wouldn't even have to adopt them, but agreeing to watch them and start to teach them about Wesen heritage until suitable Wesen parents could be found. For the kids sake, winding up in a Wessen terrorist training camp is probably better than