[Anti-Bubba182]

"In the typed letter to the Russian Ministry of Education in Moscow, Hansen claimed Artem was "mentally unstable" and that his problems were hidden from her by Russian orphanage officials before she adopted him. "...He is violent and has severe psychopathic issues/behavior. I was lied to and misled by the Russian orphanage workers and director regarding his mental stability," she wrote.

"As he is a Russian national, I am returning him to your guardianship and would like the adoption disannulled."

Russian children's rights commissioner Pavel Astakhov slammed the mother, who is understood to be a single parent, and called for a ban on all adoptions to America in the light of the case...."

Let them ban adoptions to America.

[mrs tiggywinkle]

I did a google search and some hits list the adoptive mother as 34, other sites 26 years old. Regardless...I’m sure there’s a better way to handle this situation.

Found this link and it lists more info:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/tennessee-family-adopts-russian-boy-7-then-sends-him-back/article1529229/

[JusPasenThru]

Let them ban adoptions to America.

That would be a sad situation. However, sometimes I wonder if it might not be best. The kids in Eastern Europe are told that when they come to America we kill them and sell their organs. I don't understand why they spread these tales. Even the adults perpetuate them. I am an adoptive parent of an Eastern European child, BTW. She's like my own flesh and blood, a wonderful child.