GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A former Food Network contestant who was convicted of killing her foster daughter will not get a new trial, according to the South Carolina Court of Appeals.

Ariel Robinson was found guilty of homicide by child abuse in the death of 3-year-old Victoria “Tori” Rose Smith.

Victoria Rose Smith

Tori was beaten severely with a belt, causing her to suffer internal bleeding. She died at Robinson’s home on Sellwood Circle in Simpsonville in January 2021.

Het contrast is groot. De Hardenbergse Pullen werkt niet meer aan de rand van het Oegandese dorpje Mpigi, maar woont in een nieuwbouwwoning in Hardenberg. Met haar vijf geadopteerde kinderen van Oegandese afkomst is ze uit Afrika gevlucht. Haar woning is bekostigd door een Hardenbergse weldoener. Zelf geld om er een te huren of te kopen heeft ze niet.

„Ik ben het land ontvlucht na een hele hoop negatieve ervaringen die me gewoon te veel zijn geworden.’’

Overval en verkrachting

Vooral een overval begin 2020 op haar weeshuis van stichting Home of Hope and Dreams heeft er bij haar ingehakt. „Ik was in Nederland toen ik erover hoorde. Waarschijnlijk werd de overval gepleegd door vijftien mannen en onder aanvoering van een oud-medewerker. Er zijn wel mensen opgepakt, maar tot een berechting is het nooit gekomen.’’

American couple adopt orphan girl: A ten-year-old girl who was taking shelter in a children's home in Hanumakonda was adopted by an American couple. The childless couple said that they would share the love of their parents with the child. The girl was handed over to them under the supervision of the District Collector. Officials said that many children have been adopted by foreigners in the past. The Collector called for the protection of orphaned children. In the past, many celebrities have similarly taken in orphans.

I don't know if the parents became too heavy.. or if they turned their eyes away and became orphans. Whatever the circumstances were, the little girl ended up in the orphanage as an orphan. She cried for her parents for many days. She yearned for her parents' love. The orphanage provides food.. supports her but.. doesn't caress her like a mother.. doesn't make her cry like a father. The little girl had the same worries in her mind. She didn't have parents.. She worried about why she and everyone in the orphanage were orphans without parents.

She was worried that no one would love her and take her in. And the one above must have heard the pain in that child's heart. He brought a couple to her to give her the love of her distant relatives. An American couple adopted the girl, who was far from her relatives' love , and came forward to raise her as their own child. With that, the child traveled from the orphanage to America. Those details..

An American couple has adopted a girl who is taking shelter in a children's home . The couple has announced that they will become parents to the girl and provide her with the love they have always had. The girl was handed over to the American couple under the supervision of the District Collector. The details are as follows. A ten-year-old girl is taking shelter in a children's home in Hanumakonda. The girl's details have been added to the Central Adoption Resources Department. The girl's details have been uploaded online with the intention of someone adopting the girl.

In this regard, a couple from America applied to the Central Adoption Resource Authority to adopt a child. The Central Adoption Resource Authority, which examined their application, agreed to the inter-country adoption according to seniority. With this, on Friday, the girl was handed over to the American couple under the supervision of Hanumakonda Collector Praveenya.

Speaking on the occasion, the Collector said that childless couples should adopt legally. DWO J. Jayanthi said that so far 10 children have been adopted to Italy, Malta, London and America as part of inter-country adoption. They say that the child waiting for the love of his/her parents will no longer have that pain. They say that it would be good if more people come forward.. take these orphaned children in their arms .. give them a family. They are praising the couple who adopted the orphan.

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My daughter won’t ask me for money at 15.

She’ll already have ₹50 lakhs in her name — and the brains to use it.

We’re not raising her to depend on us — we’re building her financial freedom from day one.

Our plan is simple:
– Parents Invest ₹5,000/month each
– That's ₹1.2 lakhs/year
– 15-year goal: ₹50 lakhs
– Investing in NIFTY50 Index Funds
– Step-Up SIP: +8% every year
– Expected returns: 10% CAGR
– Diversified portfolio
– Review annually

₹50 lakhs won’t just give her money.
It’ll give her options.

Study anywhere.
Start her own business.
Live with freedom.

BUT—we’re not giving her blind cash.
We’re training her to respect money — at every age.

At 10 — she’ll know saving ≠ investing. 
At 15 — she’ll track her portfolio like her marks. 
At 25 — she won’t ask for a dowry. She’ll bring equity to the table. 
Because money without mindset is a liability. 
So we’re raising her with both.


Do you think every child should have a portfolio before their first phone?

Let’s talk in the comments.

n September of 2022, at the start of her senior year at Indiana’s Purdue University, Mia Griffin was working in her bedroom, laptop propped up on her knees, when an e-mail came in from 23andMe saying that her genetic testing was completed. Mia was not in a hurry. She’d bought the kit a year before, when she’d seen a sale on Amazon. It was an impulse buy for which her enthusiasm had quickly waned. It took months before she got around to spitting into the tube and mailing it back in the prepaid package.

When she logged on, all seemed as anticipated. The test listed her ancestry as 99.9 per cent East Asian and Indigenous American. (At the time, the two were lumped together by the company.) No great surprise there—she had been adopted in 2002 from China, one of more than a hundred and sixty thousand children sent abroad to the United States and other countries in the course of three decades. Not knowing her family’s medical history, she had taken the test mainly to find out if she had a heightened genetic risk for cancer, and she was relieved to learn that she did not, although the test showed a propensity for lactose intolerance and an allergy to cats, two things she already knew about.

Mia knew that finding family was a possibility, but it wasn’t on her mind. She clicked anyway on the tab that listed genetic relatives. There it was at the top of the list: Zhou Changqi, born in 1956.

“You inherited half of Zhou Chang’s DNA,” the report stated. “Predicted relationship—Father.”

Hi Jay
InterCountry
I think you might be a Colombian adoptee?
InterCountry
lovely to econnect! You sent me a friend request. I'd love to hear a little about yourself and why you might be reaching out to connect to me as a fellow intercountry adoptee? My website has a ton of resources www.intercountryadopteevoices.com
My name is Lynelle Long and I'm adopted from Vietnam to Australia and I've been providing a space for intercountry transracial adoptees for 27 years. Looking forward to getting to know you ..
Cheers
Lynelle
Tue 17:12
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Hello Lynelle, yes, I was adopted from Colombia, the orphanage Los Pisingo's, I have started recently to deal with my adoption and want to connect with other intercountry adoptees and share experiences.
You sent
Wow! Your website is impressive!
Tue 18:49
InterCountry
Happy to help support you in whatever way you need
InterCountry
And to listen and reflect
InterCountry
if you want a more "ease into adoptee spaces" group for you right now .. I can recommend some .. ICAV might also be a bit much for you straight away

How adoptees face hostility and human rights violations in Nepal’s citizenship system

A growing number of adult adoptees of Nepali origin have started returning to the land of their birth, and seeking not only emotional reconnection but formal recognition through the Non-resident Nepali (NRN) card or citizenship. 

But these returnees are too often met not with welcome, but with suspicion, obstruction, and at times, open hostility. 

After becoming the first adoptee to obtain an NRN card, I recently returned to Nepal to successfully claim NRN-citizenship. That success does not signify a welcoming state structure towards adoptees. On the contrary, it was an odyssey through psychological, legal and transnational hurdles.

TBIJ led legal bid to identify couple whose adopted children suffered emotional abuse, physical attacks and racism

Content warning: This story contains references to child abuse and racism.

A primary school teacher smashed their adopted children’s heads together, forced them to swallow soap and called one of them a “black bastard”.

At the address indicated or via videoconference: EFA and Fnepe are pleased to invite you to participate in the presentation of the action research report conducted by sociologist Laura Biteaud. The author's presentation will be followed by two roundtable discussions.

Between "trust" and "betrayal": the impact of illicit practices in international adoption on families' experiences 

A complex reality with multiple repercussions 

Based on testimonies, this report is a deep dive into the journey and experiences of families, parents, and adoptees, uncovering the illicit practices of international adoption, often revealed during the search for origins. In addition to the repercussions that, like a shock wave, reach well beyond the family itself, the study sheds light on the "adoption system" as a "sociological object" and its consequences, leading to proposals for improvement in the fields of adoption and the search for origins. 

The round tables

Submit written evidence to the inquiry: Improving family court services for children

In 2023, more than 130,000 children were involved in the family court system.  A large part of family courts’ work is dealing with disputes over children, such as deciding which parent a child should live with or whether a child should be taken into care for their protection.. The system relies on input from a range of bodies including  His Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS), an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ); the Department for Education (DfE); and the Children’s and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), to provide adequate support and services for the children and families involved. 

The work of Cafcass was last examined by the Committee in 2010 when it determined that the service, which looks after the interests of children involved in family court proceedings in England, was not fit for purpose. However in the years since these findings Cafcass has been rated outstanding by Ofsted, although some past challenges identified by the PAC still apply today, including the pressure caused by high caseloads. 

The National Audit Office’s (NAO) work in this area in 2025 questioned whether the MoJ, DfE and other bodies involved in the family court system in England and Wales managing the system effectively to provide better outcomes for the children and families involved. In recent years the time taken to resolve cases in the family courts has steadily increased, with figures in March 2024 showing that families were waiting almost a year on average for decisions to be made.  

Based on the NAO’s work, the Committee will take evidence from senior MoJ and DfE officials, and representatives from other relevant bodies on topics including: