The Benefits of Adopting

Tennessee woman returns child to Russian with a note stating "take him back".

The boy was only 7, but he walked off the plane that arrived in Moscow from Washington all alone, carrying a knapsack with magic markers and candy, along with a single typewritten note. It was from a woman in Tennessee who had adopted him in Russia last year, became overwhelmed by what she described as his emotional problems and now wanted nothing more to do with him. Take him back, the note said.

Lesson: if you want children, adopt them. If they misbehave, you can always threaten to send them back.