A month ago I wrote about my friends Mr. and Mrs. Noz, who have been in Kazakhstan since December attempting to adopt a little boy. Well, tragically, they were denied the opportunity to take the boy home with them. They plan to appeal, but today Kazakhstan has decided to stop all new applications for international adoptions. That’s obviously not a good omen for the Nozes. Ironically, however, this policy change allows the Nozes to speak up about what they’ve witnessed in Kazakhstan without worrying that it will unfairly and negatively impact people behind them in the queue who are looking to adopt. So, they would like to tell their story to the media. I think it will be a very interesting human interest story that ties back into the case of Torry Hansen of Shelbyville, Tennessee, who infamously placed her 7-year old adoptive son on a plane to Moscow with a note saying she didn’t want him anymore. Anyone who likes Kafka will have a rich appreciation for this story, which just may still have a happy ending. Perhaps the judges in Kazakhstan will respond to negative international publicity. So, anyone, tv or print reporters or booking agents, who is interested in hearing a tale of adventure and woe and love and insanity, please contact me and I’ll put you in touch with the Nozes. It’s a more fascinating story than the balloon boy, and you might just help heal some good people’s broken hearts.
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I think it would be a great story for the media. Anyone who spends December to May in Kazakhstan for the love of a yet-to-be-adopted child obviously has a great tale of adventure, woe & love & insanity to tell.
With a daughter adopted from China, I have to declare an interest. But having visited childrens’ institutions in the developing world, my view is that most children are going to be much better off with a loving adoptive family than left in institutional care.
We can debate the merits of inter-country and inter-cultural adoption, but for many abandoned or orphaned children there is no prospect of domestic adoption, so the choice is no family or an overseas one.
My wholehearted love and solidarity to the Nozes. BooMan if there is anyone we can write to or telephone in support, just let us know.
Oh, and if there is no crime on the statute books for Torry Hansen, one should be enacted retrospectively.
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See my earlier diary – ‘Return to Sender,’ Adopted Boy’s One-way Ticket to Moscow
Obviously, children put up for adoption from foreign institutions are most likely to come with psychological problems at the least. Adoption can be gratifying and proceed successfully.
Thank you Oui, I saw your diary earlier via BooMan’s link to his earlier post on the Nozes. It’s no wonder Russian authorities are looking unsympathetically at US adoptions. And it seems that Nancy Hansen should also be charged with something.