Posted on 04/09/2010 3:05:56 PM PDT by SmartInsight
A 7-year-old Russian boy adopted by an American family last year was put on a return flight to Moscow this week because of violent and psychotic behavior, according to a Tennessee grandmother.
Once the child learned enough English, he told his new family about the horrors of his previous life, including being beaten at the orphanage after his mother abandoned him, she said.
He also told of an incident in which he burned down a building near the orphanage, she said.
Hansen said the child had a "hit list" of people he was targeting, including her daughter, who he said he "wanted to kill for the house." He threatened to kill her grandson for a videogame, she said.
The final incident that convinced Hansen she should send the boy back to Russia was when she caught him starting a fire with papers in his bedroom last Monday, she said. She feared the child might burn down the house and kill her family, she said.
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What is really odd is they let him on the plsne in the first place with only a note.
That is exactly what happened to our friends. They adopted a 5 yo boy who ened up stabbing her when he was 7yo. They were told by our state that there was nothing they could do about it but pay to put him into a group home for the mentally ill. Most people can not fathom what living with a psycopath is like where you have to wonder if one of the other kids will be killed or your pets or the house go up in flames while you sleep.
Thanks for your arguments, they are very compelling.
I know someone that has been through it. Regardless, this family informed no one about what they were doing. At the very least, they should have escorted him back to Russia and informed the adoption agencies in both countries.
“It is sick and evil to compare a child to “something,” let alone “something you bought.”
It’s the same dang thing. When you adopt, you pay through the nose for all the legal fees and all the legal paper stuff. Faulty merchandise? Return. The difference is in adoption one does not get one’s money returned because the product is bad. The money is gone.
Your equating a child to a “thing”, a purchased item, is reprehensible and destroys any thread of credibility your argument may have had.
When we were thinking of adopting from Russia the adoption was finalized in Russia before the child could be brought to the US. Two trips were required-one to meet the child and accept the referral and another to pick up the child and go to court in Russia to finalize.
No, you are responsible for your adopted children the same way you are for your biological children. If you can’t handle the responsibility, DON’T adopt.
>> Let russia take care of their own.
They didn’t send the kid here, she volunteered.
what about the american finalization at state level?
If the orphanage was not forth coming about the childs problems then how can the parents make an informed decision about whether or not they can handle the responsibility?
Where’s their adoption agency in all this? I haven’t seen them mentioned, but personally I think that’s the first place I’d have gone for help.
They didn’t send the kid here, she volunteered.
It ain’t the army.
Lay down a Royal Flush.
Open Carry as you walk your dog around the neighborhood.
Thank you, Eagle.
“Your equating a child to a “thing”, a purchased item,”
It IS a purchased item. Read my posts.
>> It IS a purchased item. Read my posts.
Maybe you think its ok to buy kids for sex too.
>> It ain’t the army.
Do you have any children? You sound progressively like a sociopath.
“No, you are responsible for your adopted children the same way you are for your biological children.”
No way. You haven’t been reading. This person wasn’t told the truth that this kid was crazy. Had you yourself known this before, you could have volunteered to take him in.
Also, this nut kid’s adoption had not been fnalized; therefore, he could be returned.
A schoolmate of my son was adopted from Russia, both he and his sister, they were in the 4th and 6th grade. They had come to this country through a church outreach program and spent the summer. This couple looked into adopting, it took them a very long time, they spent time with the children in Russia, and with the children’s family.....the mother was a bad alcoholic...eventually the adoption came through, the kids seem to be doing great...the boy Kyle, who is my son’s age has lots of friends, very involved with his church youth group and plays sports (really good too!), the older sister came at the beginning of Middle school and she seems great as well.
Not all adoptions turn out horrible, but placing a severely damaged child is not out of the realm of possibility.
Let her deal with it....he’s 7 now, what happens when he is 17?
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