Adopted boy, 8, sent back to Moscow with a note

This is very wrong and sad. This family is treating the boy like some kind of material possession. I think that once a child is legally adopted, it is the parents responsibility to treat the child with respect and love, regardless of his/her medical condition. Instead, this irresponsible couple is treating this boy like a pet.

I feel that the family was wrong for sending the child back, however I also know that many adoption agencies, especially in foreign countries, do not have full disclosure when it comes to the physical and mental states of the children in their care and couples adopt children only to bring them home and learn they have behavioural issues, for example. Families considering adoption should be able to find out whether a particular child they are considering to adopt has any health/pyschological issues. Unfortunately I feel that many adoption agencies just want to find the children homes and so they don't mention any issues the child may have, feeling it may make that child an undesirable adoption choice.

I did not get the impression that there was anything medically wrong with the boy, other than the fact he was making life hell for his adoptive family. This might be a valid excuse to return the child, since the family certainly did not bargain for all the trouble he has caused. However, the mother should have considered other options besides adopting from Russia, where she would have to rely on questionable descriptions of the boy from other people. The fact that the boy was seven also means he could have developed violent tendencies through years of being poorly looked after in the orphanage system.

I agree that the main problem here is the lack of full disclosure.

What do you mean?