`Virtual foster child' condemned

London - Adoption agencies yesterday condemned the latest virtual reality toy - a foster child

London - Adoption agencies yesterday condemned the latest virtual reality toy - a foster child. Youngsters nurture abandoned babies, feed them, improve their IQ - and then put them up for adoption. But the British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering yesterday called for the toys to be removed from shelves.

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