[DoreenG]

While I think that the best sentencing for the "parents" would have been 4 years of their own type of "discipline", I'm not a judge.

I wish I had more preparation for my son's arrival. You can hear "love isn't instantaeous", but it doesn't really hit you in the gut until you are there, dealing with the behaviors and wondering what you got yourself into.

What saddens me is that abuse is how those horrid people decided to deal with Viktor's needs. Viktor was so very innocent, as are his siblings. He had needs. Needs that not only were not met, they were the cause of his abuse. I can only imagine that much more went on then what was published. And that makes me physically ill.

My heart goes out to the grandma. Not only does she have the trauma of their lives before coming to the US (I won't say to their parents), but then to endure so much more, then the death of their brother, this trial, etc. Well, my hat's off to the grandmother. She didn't pursue an adoption, but she is the savior to those children. May things be easy on all of the survivors.