Posted on 04/09/2010 11:01:16 AM PDT by marthemaria
Edited on 04/09/2010 11:04:10 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
“She should have gone about it differently.”
How?
I raised a son who was hyperactive, this was in the 80’s and he nearly killed me with this type of behavior! Fortunately for him he couldn’t be sent to a foreign country...there were days it would have been a blessing. Today he works in IT for a group of hospitals, thank God he finally got his act together, but I will never forget what we went through.
“I have read news reports that he was not violent or anything like that.”
I have heard that the adoptive parent was smart enough to get videos of the child to prove he was violent. I just saw a Russian newscast.... he was asked if she spanked or beat him while under her care, and he said no.
I just talked with a lady yesterday who has a two year old who is driving her crazy....very strange behavior. She feels that something is wrong, but he has not been diagnosed. During her pregnancy, she was very ill...hospitalized with IV’s, lots of meds, etc.
Hopefully there will be a happy ending like yours!
Before having my first child, I read as much as possible regarding child-rearing. It was 1970, so there wasn’t much out there, and there was no internet. One doctor, who authored my favorite book, emphasized that you never ignore an infant’s cries. Just as you said, it’s a form of abuse and they fail to develop a conscience.
We spent 3 1/2 years in Germany while my husband was in the military and lived in military housing. The woman across the hall had an infant daughter one or two months older than mine. When my infant daughter would cry, I would tend to her. This woman would let her infant cry in her crib with the door to the room closed. This wasn’t only at night...it was upon awakening or anytime during the day. It was sad.
Anytime our daughters would be near each other, sitting on the floor or crawling, the neighbor’s child would pick up a toy and strike my child. I never ever saw a child so young be so cruel. They weren’t even old enough to walk!
Needless to say, I would avoid this neighbor as much as possible, but she was always knocking on my door, asking if the girls could “play.” ARGH! I never kept in touch with the family after they moved, but I have always wondered what that child was like when older.
“Depending on how long ago she adopted the boy..”
I believe it was only last September.
How? Probably through her local child services agency. Or with INS.
She DEFINITELY should not have stuck him on a plane to Russia alone.
If the adoption was that recent she may not have finalized, in which case I don’t believe the boy would be a US citizen.
This article says he is not a US citizen.
http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/04/12/6307165.html
Also, I read that he will now be adopted by a Russian couple who are diplomats. They speak both Russian and English.
By the way...I also remember reading that the American woman and her mom brought him to the USA on September 29, 2009.
“How? Probably through her local child services agency.”
Everything I’ve read said that she contacted several child service agencies, and no one could help her. So she contacted a lawyer, and he advised her to do what she did.
She paid United Airlines to care for him pre-flight, inflight, and to escort him to a person in Russia, whom she paid, to deliver him to the proper authorities.
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