Sadly, in many cases this is literally true. > Sadly, I wonder if she'd allow the abuse to continue just so she could keep the $1500 a month coming in... Or even just because the biological parent is a love addict, codependent, or even so messed up they blame the child or rage at the child in jealousy. As if they're not a small being who needs protection, but a competitor for the perp's time. Yeah there are bad bio parents who will enable all of that.