Arkansas Rep. Justin Harris gave his adopted children away to a man who raped one of them

[eridani]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/05/1368833/-Arkansas-Rep-Justin-Harris-gave-his-adopted-children-away-to-a-man-who-raped-one-of-them

The Arkansas Times is out with an expose on Arkansas Rep. Justin Harris with shocking revelations that he and his wife gave their adopted 6-year-old and 3-year-old daughters to Eric Cameron Francis, a man who worked as a teacher at their Christian preschool and was fired after only three months on the job.

For reasons still unclear, the Harrises gave the girls away, first to Francis and his wife, and then to another unnamed family. But, not before Francis did the unthinkable:

"On the afternoon of March 28, 2014, the CID was asked by the commander of the Crimes Against Children Division to assist in determining where two minor age children might be, who had been adopted," said Bill Sadler, spokesman for the State Police. "By sometime late in the afternoon, CID had told CACD that the girls were accounted for — at the home of a family who appeared not to be the custodial parents of the girls." By the morning of Monday, March 31, the prosecutor documents indicate, the girls were interviewed by a CACD agent. During this interview, the 6-year-old disclosed the abuse by Francis, which Francis later told police occurred sometime in January 2014, while his wife was out of state.

Apparently the children weren't working out in the Harris home and they just gave them away. One of the surprises reporters Ben Harding and Leslie Peacock uncovered is that "rehoming" is far too common—and NOT illegal.

[Trillo]

1. Disposable culture. Like a BIC lighter.

It sounds like those kids were missing their birth parents. They were in heartache? "reactive attachment disorder"? From the Mayo Clinic, "Treatments for reactive attachment disorder include positive child and caregiver interactions, a stable, nurturing environment, psychological counseling, and parent or caregiver education." From Wikipedia, "RAD arises from a failure to form normal attachments to primary caregivers in early childhood. Such a failure could result from severe early experiences of neglect, abuse, abrupt separation from caregivers between the ages of six months and three years, frequent change of caregivers, or a lack of caregiver responsiveness to a child's communicative efforts.

Sounds like the Harris family did exactly the wrong things if those two excerpts about the condition are any guide. Could Harris have received advice from a psychiatrist and a pediatrician, two medical doctors, that is so different from what appears to be standard advice for the condition?

[newfie11]

2. My GOD! What the hell!!!

These are children( as in HUMANS)!
I hope everyone involved is procecuted!!!
I hope those kids get help, their going to need it!!!

[Trillo]

3. He received almost a million dollars per year for a religious preschool

or daycare that he owns, received the money from the state. There have been a few other DU threads on this.