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Anyway, they adopted two kids from an orphanage and because the children were not socialized as very young, they had antisocial traits getting older.
I'm trying to find this one but my google-fu fails me. Maybe someone has an idea what the heck I'm talking about. I'd like to revisit.
Attachment disorders are very sad. I know several kids who were adopted from other countries. As a parent and loving person you want to give them a better life. Unfortunately they are very difficult children. It is an unsolvable dilemna. THis is part of the reason I think birth control and abortion should be available everywhere. To prevent unwanted children from being born.
Was it called Born to Be Our Children: Romanian Adoption Stories?
"Belowfollowsanaccountfromanon-governmentalorganizationoftheir observationsofresidentialinstitutionsduringthesummerof1990;with fewvariationstheseobservationsaretypicalofalltheinstitutionsatthe timeofCeau¸sescu’sdeath. Childrenaged0–4yearswerekeptin‘childhomes’.Theirfamilies hadfacedseverepoverty,unemployment,andfamineandabandonedthesechildrenatbirth.The167childreninthisinstitution weremostlykeptintheirbeds,almostwithoutcare,inadequately fed,severelyunderweightandwithstuntedgrowth.Hygienicconditionswereabominable:thechildrenlyingintheirownurineand excrement.Thesmellwasunbearable.Thefacilitieshadnotbeen repairedforseveralyears,sotheroofswereleaky,sewersandelectricity weremalfunctioning.Becauseofthelackofpersonnel(one‘helper’ for40–50children),therewasnotimeforhumancontact;children wereleftwithseveresensoryandemotionaldeprivation,manywere intimidatedandbeaten. Thechildrenwerefedwithbigbottlescontainingwaterandmilk powder;nootherfoodwasavailable.Becauseofmalnutrition,they lookedlike‘sacksofbone’.Someofthebiggerchildrenwhowereless affectedcouldeatbythemselvesinadiningroom.Theirfoodwas somesoupwiththeappearanceof‘pigfood’.Manychildrenwere onheavydosesofsedatives(to‘protectthem’).Duringthe1980s, medicalexperimentshadbeencarriedoutonmanyofthesechildren.Theyhadbeen‘treatedwithmicro-transfusions’;andbecause uncheckedHIV-contaminatedbloodhadbeenusedseveralhundred childrendiedofAIDSinthe1990s. Theoutcomeofthis‘warehousing’–forthosewhosurvived–was inducedmentalretardationandbehaviourdisturbance.Therewere noactivities,notoys,notrainingorstimulationoftheinfantsand smallchildren.Thechildrenwere‘nameless’:theyhadnonameon thebed,oranyidentificationtags.Thereweresomerecords,butthey wereinsufficienttoidentifyanychildren.Mostchildrenwererocking backandforthintheirbeds,andsomewereself-aggressive.
Damn, that was hard to read and I am not so sure I am at all glad I did. Pandora's Box, I can't erase it from my mind. I know how bad it got as a general whole for the children in that region, but specific accounts always infuriate me. Not a good way to start the day...