Wait, what? If I thought I was sending my child off to boarding school (my equivalent) and then they were kidnapped I wouldn't get them back? How is that right or OK?

Because if you're poor or from a poor country, you're automatically unfit to be a parent and should have your children taken away.

That was sarcasm, btw.

In this situation, how could anyone NOT return the child? Someone who would keep a child under false pretenses isn't exactly shouting "I'm a fit parent!!"

If they want the child back and the child wants to go back to them then it is only fair...

wow..unbelievable!! yes i would. the child needs to be with their biological parents. as heartwrenching as it would be...it would be more heartwrenching for the biological parents finding out that their child was "taken" from them when they didn't know. sad situation all around for everyone.

That would be incredibly hard but the right thing to do. I can't imagine my biological children not being with me- my heart would ache.

How on earth could anyone NOT return these children! It's selfish and self-centered. It sounds more like ownership rather than love.

Although hard, the right thing for these children is to be returned to their families. It would be good if they could keep in touch with their American "parents" too.

And the people responsible only got probation! They kidnapped 39 children, this is unbelievable. I wonder how many years in prison you get when kidnapping 39 American children.

The organization that did this (Focus On Children) should be charged and closed down. Do you know how much trauma this is going to inflict upon everyone involved?!?!

I can't believe this - isn't this basically human trafficking? Sick, sick, sick.

I'd definitely give the child back and hope that the birth parents would allow some sort of contact with him or her as well, such as sending gifts/money.

thats hard. i would return the child even though i would be heartbroken. i wouldnt want to be on a any of these sides.

Plus I use to live in Samoa. so when I see the words "adoption" and Samoa i cant really put those two together. it was a great place to grow up.

this story makes me ill. i don't think you could just "return" a child w/o more psychological damage. there should be some sort of transistion period because there are 2 sets of people that love and have cared for these children and are loved by these children. you run the risk of the kids having guilt feelings, what horrible people to have done this, and i agree, longer prison terms seem appropriate.

This is an outrage. This is why we are using an agency with international Hague certification. EVERYONE'S hearts are going to be broken- except those at the adoption agency, apparently.

IN A MORMON MINUTE!

These children were stolen.
These parents were lied too.
The children will learn the truth that their lives were equated to a lump of rice and chopped can tuna.

The adoption agency owners of Focus on Children, Scott and Karen Banks have no conscience.
Scott and Karen Banks have shown no remorse.
The owners of Focus on Children have never apologized to the bio-parents or the adopted parents, both whom were lied to and duped.

Focus on Children, what a oxymoron.