http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hi8-1SumIx9YLDE_hxxwDL8KYdJA short story: couple couldnt get a baby of their own. so adopted one while in Korea. the diplomats wife surprisingly got pregnant and dropped the adopted one. 7 years old when your parents say Bye bye. Dutch diplomat gives up adopted SKorean girl seven years on: officials HONG KONG (AFP) — A Dutch diplomat and his wife have given up a seven-year-old South Korean girl they adopted as a baby, saying they had failed to integrate her into their family, consulate officials in Hong Kong said Monday. The couple, whose names were not released, made the move in the last few months, seven years after they adopted her, a South Korean consulate spokesman told AFP. "They now have their own children. They decided it was difficult to raise her because of cultural shock. They said she's not willing to eat their food. That's one of the reasons. It's a strange reason," said the spokesman, who did not want to be named. "She was raised from a very early age. It's a very uncommon case. It's a difficult situation for us to understand," he said, adding that the couple had adopted the child when the diplomat was working in South Korea. On Monday, JoongAng Daily of South Korea said the diplomat's wife thought she was infertile when the couple adopted the Korean girl in 2000 but she got pregnant after moving to Hong Kong. The Korean consulate spokesman said the girl has a Korean passport and was not naturalised as a citizen of her adoptive parents' country. Neither was she a Hong Kong resident. He said the girl can speak English and Cantonese but not Korean. The Hong Kong government has found a school for her and is looking for a new home. A spokeswoman for Hong Kong's social services department said she knew about the case but would not comment on it. A spokesman for the Dutch consulate in Hong Kong said it was a personal matter. "They got a very hard time with this. For the family involved, it's a very traumatic thing," he said, declining to comment further. Over the weekend, the high-ranking diplomat told the South China Morning Post that his wife was seeking therapy following the decision. "It's just a very terrible trauma that everyone's experiencing," he was quoted as saying. "I don't have anything to say to the public. It is something we have to deal with." Susan So, director of Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, said it was not uncommon for parents to feel alienated to their adopted children and treat them as secondary after they have their own offspring. "(Parents) should have known they are from different cultures. But some have difficulties in fully accepting them as their family members. They have problems in commitment," she said. She said parents should have proper counselling before they decide to make an adoption. "They should know they always run the risks when they adopt a child. Once you make a decision, it's a commitment. Otherwise, it's the children who suffer."
I think that's just BS what the parents are saying, that they had "difficulties" integrating the little Korean girl into their family and culture! WTF.... she was adopted when she was a baby, she wouldn't have known anything about her Korean culture or background. She's pretty much Chinese because she was raised in Hong Kong; the only thing Korean about her is her blood. And you the nature vs. nurture. theory, etc. I think it's just BS from the parents. They made a lame-ass excuse because now they can have a 'real' child to call their own.
parents are asses thats the end of the story.. she got adopted as a baby how can she not accept their food thats plain out dumb. I hope they make have a black list for these fools.
That's fu**ed up. Some people wont even give away their dogs after 7 years. These people seem to think that children are like pets, give them away when your done with them. They should at least be held responsible for financial support until the child turns 18.
they decided that she had problems to integrate after 7 years AND after the bitch got pregnant...wow those ppl.... where do they live...lemme molotov cocktail their house!!! -pirate heartless bastards!! hey???? wtf???
The "parents" are pieces of sh*t. Hopefully when their children get old, somebody would tell them how horrible their parents are and then they'll ditch them -evil
That's so messed up. They should at least consider the girl's feeling. This is really gonna affect her future.=(
clearly the parents does not have "love" (one could question, did they ever had "love") for this kid. so, would it be better to leave the child within the hands of parents whom have no interest in taking care of her or place her up for adoption again? is this parent to be blame completely? in my opinion, no. it is the adoption agency that needs to be blame, as well, for allowing such horrible parents to even be given the chance to adopt. Having clear and objective screening examinations for the parent ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR AN ADOPTION AGENCY CAN EVER ADMINSTER; for without it -- the livelihood of the children being adopted are more at risk than they were without guardianship. I thank God that it is only disinterest between the adopter and the adopted. if there were abuse or even death that resulted from the parents' negligence -- who would have more guilt, the agency that allowed the adoption or the parents that had no more love for the child?
