‘Re-homing’ Events Have Unwanted Kids Walking the Runway to Find a New Home

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What do you do if you adopt a kid, but you don’t end up, well, liking them? For most people, the answer involves working with the child in order to ensure that both you and them can be comfortable and live a long, peaceful life together.

Or, if you’re like these people, you can have them walk a runway in front of a bunch of prospective new parents.

This is called “re-homing,” where adopted parents effectively give up on their child and sign them over to someone else. Here’s a report detailing the insanity of these rehoming events, including the infamous runway walk.