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Post by samnangmeh on Apr 4, 2007 23:34:18 GMT 10
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Post by flossyinoz on Apr 10, 2007 15:37:01 GMT 10
Even though Angelina Jolie does not seem to have "bought herself" another child, I think her status probably expedited the whole process. And also in the US you have, everybody not only filmstars have many agencies to choose from which arrange adoptions. Unfortunately here in Australia we only have one agency per state which makes it more difficult and lengthy.
Flossyinoz
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Post by Kim on Apr 17, 2007 13:38:05 GMT 10
I think its great that Angelina wants to adopt children and grow her family that way, its also nice that she has had the experience of giving birth to a biological child as well. Like flossyinoz I do think her status did expedited the whole process and I think thats where a lot of people think its unfair as it looks like she got to jump to the head of the waiting list just because of who she is. I can also understand how people feel that adopting a child is becoming like a fashion statement for movie stars and the very rich, as you have people like Angelia and Madonna adopting. But you dont hear or read about people putting Mia Farrow down for adopting, she has 15 children in total 11 of which were adopted between 1973 and 1995. Soon-Yi, (born in South Korea 8 Oct 1970, adopted 1976 or 78) Lark Song, (born in Vietnam 1973, adopted 1973) Summer Song, (also known as Daisy), (born in Vietnam about 1975, adopted 1976) Moses Amadeus, (also known as Misha Farrow) (1978, adopted 1980) Dylan O'Sullivan, (also known as Eliza Farrow, current name is Malone) Tam, (1979–2000) Isaiah Justus Farrow (born about 1991) Quincy, (now known as Kaeli-Shea, adopted 1994) Frankie-Minh, (1991, adopted 1995) Thaddeus W, (born about 1988, adopted 1994) Gabriel Wilk Its so easy to understand how this topic can become heated and get out of hand. Personally I can understand both sides to the Angelina topics
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Post by bblessed on Apr 19, 2007 10:33:16 GMT 10
TBH I don't really care whether Angelina's celebrity status speeded up her application or not! It got her child home to her - and if it went through more quickly because of her money and fame - then I really don't mind. The sooner the child and parent are united the better!
I only wish we were all able to speed up the process!
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Post by flossyinoz on Apr 19, 2007 13:42:55 GMT 10
Yes speeding up the system would be great! Let's all get famous or win a lot of money in the lotterie, that should do the trick!
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Post by chinababe on May 19, 2007 18:26:36 GMT 10
I think it's important for us as adoptive parents not to tear at other adoptive parents unless they have done something significantly wrong in our eyes. It really bugs me when people talk about how fast AJ has been able to adopt when you look at the facts it's not as quick as everyone thinks. I've pinched this from Wikapeada. so lets see her first adoption process started in 2001, her son (maddy) came home to her in 2002. Zahara came home in 2005 (so AJ would have started the process in 2004). Pax (mmm! not really keen on that name- but thats a different story) came home in 2007 so AJ started process in 2006. So really if we look at it the adoptions aren't that close keeping in mind this is the American system. Yes they had a birth child in between but again the requirements in the USA are different. Are subsecquential adoptions in the US faster and the adoption of an older child (Pax) through the US system would potentially move it faster? Does anyone know??? From what I hear her adoption of Pax is only 1 month earlier. I am actually not a Jolie or Pitt fan at all and so over the media's portrail of them as a family because they just get it wrong. I personally have more of a issue with them naming him Pax because it reminds me of tampax!!!! Also the media never talks about all the other famous families involved with adoption.........well not until I complained to sunrise about it!!!! and then they didn't contact me GRRR! I've written a very nasty complaint today. Kim something about Mia Farrow gives me the shivers but maybe that's just because of Woody Allen. And see this is where I think there is something SERIOUSLY wrong.....did you know that Allen and Soon-Yi went on to adopt 2 children themselves. See this to me seems wrong because Allen was in the role of a step-father to her. But anyway lets talk about more pleasent stuff like the othe celbs that have adopted!!!!! (tongue in cheek!) Jac
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