CДN SVIM ДLL YEДЯ LOИG!
Posted on 10/27/2013 6:36:14 AM PDT by Loyalist
An immigrant living in America sent her daughter home to Novosbirsk in 2011 because she allegedly misbehaved. She tried to commit suicide in Siberia, according to reports from American television company WUSA 9 and publication USA Today that Sib.fm’s correspondent examined.
17-year-old Sofia Roberts was born in Russia, but left to live in America when she was two years old with mother Natalia.
According to the broadcaster, in 2011 the mother sent her daughter, then 15, from the town of Chantilly, Virginia to Novosibirsk to meet her biological father. But after Sofia arrived in Russia, her mother changed her plans and told her that she was going to stay in Siberia for longer than planned, and later decided to leave her there to live permanently, as she misbehaved at home.
In a letter, the mother and American adoptive father, a immigration lawyer, described her as «uncontrollable» and said that she missed school, brought boys to the house, left home, took drugs and stole more than $1,000 from them.
The girl’s friends who live in Virginia told reporters that she never smoked, did not take drugs and drank no more than other teens.
According to the girl, she didn’t speak Russian at all when she arrived and her father didn’t understand English. She also complained that her father was an alcoholic, didn’t feed her and occasionally beat her. She fell into depression and even tried to commit suicide.
Sofia now lives at a hotel, where she works 60 hours a week. She uses her wages to fund her studies. Sib.fm’s correspondent found out that the hotel in question is the Fine O’Clock hostel in Novosibirsk.
The girl’s friends are trying to help her return to America before she turns 18: the Russian embassy has warned her that the chances of obtaining a U.S. visa will decrease when she becomes an adult. The girl’s mother and adoptive father told the channel’s reporters that they will only take her back if she shows them that she has really reformed.
'And then my mother asked me, where I got this money from and I panicked and I told her that I sold drugs. It was biggest mistake of my life.
'I never did drugs, I never sold drugs. I told her later, that it was not true, that I stole the money. She told me - do you understand, you said that you sold drugs and it is too late now.
Tough love from a mother.
If this girl were to return, I imagine she would quickly fall back into her former self.
The mother couldn’t live with the alcoholic husband but she would send her daughter to live with him? In a country where the child didn’t speak the language?
The mother sounds like a selfish piece of work.
Kids are going to drink if they want to. Many "adults" have the theory that if you make it taboo then they'll want it all the more. I grew up with many sets of parents that would rather have you party in their house instead on the streets, in the woods or on the local golf course.
Parents who let kids do it are retards
I tend to let my kids have the freedom to make the right choice for themselves. And pay the piper if they mess up.
The best thing to do is to tell them they are kids, they can be adults when they grow up and move out.
Russian mother = crazy
Interesting link about this story. (This is a translated from Russian, so the article may be little confusing at times):
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.