That's the part that I can't even begin to stomach. Why not seek help for the kid? If he had behavioral or psychological issues, they could have even reached out within his school district. Do you think she just discovered being a parent was too hard?
My argument of looking at it from all angles comes from the many parents I know who have had to put their children in residential facilities. They get slammed so often for not being able to parent their children, but there are situations where you just can't. Most of the kids in that situation that I know have developmental disabilities, but I know some where it's only psychological. I have an acquaintance through work whose son has such anger issues at 9 that he busted out a window with his elbow, grabbed a piece of the glass and threatened to kill his younger sister with it. It's terribly heartbreaking. He ended up needing over 100 stitches by the time the incident was over. Another mother, a friend of a friend, drove off a bridge with her 7 year old daughter in the car because she just couldn't take it anymore. It doesn't sound like the mother of the Russian boy was in a very similar situation, but it does happen. I truly feel sorry for him and for all the kids whose adoptions were put on hold because of it.
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