CELEBRITY SINGLE-PARENT ADOPTIONS
I do not approve of them (For the most part).
And here is why:
If you ask a birth mom what it is she wanted for her child, most people would describe an ideal family with two parents and possibly siblings, who loves and plays together. Pretty standard right?
Well we often see in the magazines, celebrities, who are single parents adopting. IE: Angelina Jolie (Before Brad Pitt), Sandra Bullock, and Willie Garson to name a few. Now I am not in any way, shape, or form saying that I think they are bad people, or that the child would be raised in a bad environment, but just because they have a copious amount of money, do not make them qualified to be a mother and a father to a child. It is my belief that the child still misses out on that "other half" of the parenting duo and could still face some of the same emotional issues as other children who are raised in single-parent families. I don't think the amount of an individual's income, pertaining to this post because of celebrity status, qualifies one to provide the emotional and character support equaled to father (if they are a woman), or a mother (if they are a man).
I, personally, would not have chosen a family where there were not two parents present, for that was the main reason I chose adoption. I could have been a single parent, a wonderful single parent for that matter. But deprivation is not what I would choose for my son's life, a father was essential and something I some how needed to provide. (His parents are amazing, success!). However, in today's society.. there are exemptions to everything, and unfortunately that is one of them.
Joniece
Ps.
I am not saying they didn't do a wonderful thing by providing these children with loving homes, I am just saying the guidelines should not be bended based on status, nor income. :) I am happy they have taken part in such an amazing thing.
And here is why:
If you ask a birth mom what it is she wanted for her child, most people would describe an ideal family with two parents and possibly siblings, who loves and plays together. Pretty standard right?
Well we often see in the magazines, celebrities, who are single parents adopting. IE: Angelina Jolie (Before Brad Pitt), Sandra Bullock, and Willie Garson to name a few. Now I am not in any way, shape, or form saying that I think they are bad people, or that the child would be raised in a bad environment, but just because they have a copious amount of money, do not make them qualified to be a mother and a father to a child. It is my belief that the child still misses out on that "other half" of the parenting duo and could still face some of the same emotional issues as other children who are raised in single-parent families. I don't think the amount of an individual's income, pertaining to this post because of celebrity status, qualifies one to provide the emotional and character support equaled to father (if they are a woman), or a mother (if they are a man).
I, personally, would not have chosen a family where there were not two parents present, for that was the main reason I chose adoption. I could have been a single parent, a wonderful single parent for that matter. But deprivation is not what I would choose for my son's life, a father was essential and something I some how needed to provide. (His parents are amazing, success!). However, in today's society.. there are exemptions to everything, and unfortunately that is one of them.
Joniece
Ps.
I am not saying they didn't do a wonderful thing by providing these children with loving homes, I am just saying the guidelines should not be bended based on status, nor income. :) I am happy they have taken part in such an amazing thing.
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1 comments:
This is a tender subject and I applaud you for taking it on. And...I totally agree.
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