Reply #25: The rest of the story....

[Warpy]

They adopted her at four months. They relinquished her at seven years.

"Mr Poeteray, 55, said that when the family moved from Indonesia to Hong Kong three years ago, “medical specialists” said that Jade had “serious bonding problems”

Attachment disorder is a very real thing. The Wiki article is informative, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment_disorder

Poor Jade was probably dumped into a cot in an orphanage shortly after birth, a disappointment to parents who needed a male child. She was fed and cleaned for four months, given enough to survive, but no real infant caregiving such as holding, cuddling, eye contact games and other vitally important early infant care that short staffing prevented.

Some children suffer this treatment for a few months and are able to overcome it when they're placed in loving homes. Apparently this is one of the unfortunate children who could not.

I have a great deal of sympathy with the Poeteray family. They tried for seven years. Obviously the problem was a huge one. If it had simply been the kind of thing like discarding a pet when it starts to grow up and isn't cute any more, they'd have returned her far sooner.