Another adoption scam is in the news, or, to be more accurate, it's more information about an ongoing one that's out today.

The name Orson Mozes is getting to be very familiar, and it appears that those of us who have only heard of him should consider ourselves to be very lucky.

According to accounts, many hopeful parents who have tried to adopt through his agency have found themselves left with nothing but heartbreak.

Through what sounds too much like the old bait and switch, parents report that they were encouraged to fall in love, pay out, and even travel, just to learn that the child they accepted through referral was no longer available.

Families interviewed in this feature were attempting to adopt from Kazakhstan.

Mozes is reported to now be on the lam as the Santa Barbara, California District Attorney investigates the charges.

If you're interested in more on Orson Mozes, here's a "Ripoff Report" on him.

Fathers' rights are making the news in Ireland as twin boys have been ordered to return from England and back into a dad's custody in a court ruling yesterday.

This is a first for Irish law that has recognized no custodial rights for unmarried fathers ... none, ever.

It was the boys' mother who took off with them, and because she and the father were not married the European Convention on Human Rights which permits no distinction between married and unmarried parents was called into play.

The father had reportedly been responsible for a great deal of the twins' care, as well as that of an older child of the mother's.

The mother is accused of violating the Hague's laws on child abduction, and her lawyer's case was based on the fact that under Irish law the man could not be recognized as one of the children's legal guardians.

Sheesh.

Parents in Canada apparently have other issues.

According to this report, there's some strong disagreement over how to keep tabs on teen drinking, and parents seem to fall strongly on either one side or the other.

The majority of Canadian parents are said to be tolerant of alcohol consumption by their kids, and some even buy booze and host parties in hopes of keeping the kids under foot and under control.

Others call this "criminal activity" and will call police when altered to such a situation.

A new study out says most parents and kids are pretty clueless when it comes to both long- and short-term health risks that come with underage drinking, and I have no doubt most will stay clueless.

When my older kids were teens, I set no curfew for them on weekends, but there was a strict rule that no matter what time they came in they were to wake me, give a kiss and say good-night. This was ostensibly to keep me from having to wake up and check throughout the night, but in truth it had more to do with me getting a good look, and a good sniff, at them after an evening out.

Buying them hootch was most certainly not something that would have been on my parenting 'to do' lists, and if I'd learned of other parents supplying my kids with booze I would have hit the roof.