Geez, some people just suck.

[Charger_Fan]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=501281&in_page_id=1811

A Dutch couple has sparked outrage by giving up a seven-year-old South Korean girl they adopted as a baby – after claiming she didn't "fit in" with their life-style.
The diplomat and his wife, who had taken in the child after failing to conceive, handed her to social workers in Hong Kong after having two biological children.
They claimed the girl, who was adopted when four months old and has lived in the territory since she was three, was struggling to adapt to their culture, including food.
Now the Hong Kong's Korean community is trying to find a home for the unnamed child who is currently in foster care after being given up last year.
The girl, who speaks English and Cantonese but not Korean, is neither a Dutch citizen nor a Hong Kong resident, so her future in the territory is uncertain.
In South Korea, parents cannot return adopted children, but no such law exists in Hong Kong.
The diplomat told reporters, who agreed to his anonymity, that his family was struggling to cope with their decision and said his wife was having therapy.
"It's just a very terrible trauma that everyone's experiencing," he said.
"My foreign ministry knows about my situation.
"I have also been in touch with the Hong Kong Government and they have been very helpful to me and so has my own employer."
But the plight of the girl has sparked anger among social workers and many of the seven million people living in the territory.
"It's bizarre. I don't think it has anything to do with cultural shock," said Law Chi-kwong, an associate professor at the University of Hong Kong's Social Work department.
"The child grew up with them. They adopted her when she was a baby; they are responsible for shaping the child's mind and culture.
"How can you say the child cannot adapt to the culture in which she was raised? This is just ridiculous."
Members of Hong Kong's Korean community have flooded the country's consulate with offers of help.
Mark Choi, a spokesman for the Korean Residents Association in Hong Kong, said: "Several families have come forward to offer to adopt or foster the girl."
Hong Kong's Social Welfare Department said it was working with the adoptive parents and relevant parties on the future care of the girl.
It refused to disclose any other details.
Peter Mollema, spokesman for the Dutch foreign ministry in The Hague, said: "These are personal, private matters not shared with everybody at the ministry.
"Right now, we're trying to get the facts straight."

[RD]

that is just downright bullshizz.... boy that infuriates me.  I would have both of those parents investigated by the authorities to ensure that their other children are not being mentall/emotionally abused.

i can guarantee you that they are ridding themselves of the child to remove social pressures from other Dutch families they socialize with.

boy, that child... i am so sad for her.  imagine what she is going through right now.  her parents, the ones she loves and adores tell her they dont want her anymore... God her heart is broken... I would take her if given the opportunity.  She needs a loving family and a mommy and daddy that will be there for her.

[TruckDriver]

I see this being locked up. 


Would be a first for Grant





But, Yes, that is pure B.S.!

[dkn1997]

This story makes me ask the question:  "is tying someone to the bumper of your truck and driving through a gravel pit filled with glass wrong?"

I cannot imagine that anyone who has kids could read that story and not feel thier blood boiling.

[TK73]

A fine gentleman such as the Diplomat can certainly afford MEGA amounts of child support to her new family.



I'm guessing the "trendiness" of adopting Asian baby's is coming to an end...

[RD]

A fine gentleman such as the Diplomat can certainly afford MEGA amounts of child support to her new family.



I'm guessing the "trendiness" of adopting Asian baby's is coming to an end...

that is exactly what I was thinking... they wanted a trophy baby, it became no longer the "in" thing and now this...  I feel so sad for that child... gosh i feel so sad for her... it breaks my heart knowing what she is going through

[dukeboy_318]

 

[bull]

Yea, it's BS. There's no way a 3-month-old baby would fail to adapt to a certain culture, any culture.

This guy said it best... "It's bizarre. I don't think it has anything to do with cultural shock," said Law Chi-kwong, an associate professor at the University of Hong Kong's Social Work department. "The child grew up with them. They adopted her when she was a baby; they are responsible for shaping the child's mind and culture. "How can you say the child cannot adapt to the culture in which she was raised? This is just ridiculous."

[Mike DC]

 
I've hated this foreign-baby trend as long as it's been going on. 

Too many of these richies/celebs wanna go to asia to "save" a poor child from the "heathen culture" it was born into.  But these same people wouldn't roll down their car windows for a poor kid in an east-LA slum neighborhood that's 20 minutes away from their home.

[PocketThunder]

I see this being locked up. 

  why?

Being the first to say a thread is gonna get locked seems like a race around here sometimes.

[bull]

I see this being locked up. 

    why?

Being the first to say a thread is gonna get locked seems like a race around here sometimes.

It is a race. And sometimes no one beats the lock.