DJ Fatboy Slim's Wife Is Not Happy With Celebrity Adoptions
Thursday September 14, 2006
According to an article in PR inside, DJ Fatboy Slim and his wife Zoe Ball, are considering Invitro Fertilisation and adoption to add a second child to their family. Zoe Ball has been very vocal about her feelings that celebrities seem to make adoption look easy, almost too easy. This comes after Sharon Stone adopts her third child at the age of 48. So what do you think?
Do you think celebrities have it easy when it comes to adoption?
Do you think celebrities have it easy when it comes to adoption?
- Yes, it looks like they can just waltz in and pick any child.
- No, they have to go through the same amount of red tape that we all do.
- I don't have an opinion.
Yes, the celebrities make it look very easy. And in reality for them I suppose it is fairly easy. More than not they have the economical means to hire a personal assistant. I am sure that this personal assistant writes and mails, return receipt requested, their letters to get copies of birth and marriage certificates, makes copies of documents, keeps the files, makes the phone calls to the agencies,airlines, pension or hotel and any other mundane activities to satisfy the country’s regulations. The celebritiy may have had to go to the consolate to file papers, but i am sure an advance phone call alerting the embassy to the star”s status provided preferential treatment. No standing in line for them, axiously awaiting the document stamps that would prove them fit to adopt one of their beautiful children.
Recalling the international adoption of my five(none being biological siblings)I do remember working, gathering paper work, going to famiy adoption meetings,visits to embassies,the hours standing in lines, endless phone calls saving the pennies,and the emotional attachment to the picture of my beautiful children in my wallet and on my refrigerator. And later on the filing of the paperwork for their citizenship. Oh yes years ago, they were not granted immediate citizenship.
Yes, I am the proud mother of 5 internationally adopted children from Nicaragua and Colombia. My first adoption was in 1978 and the last was in 1987. Three were infants and two were older children. Two are also special needs and they will always need my support in one way or another.
The commitment to parenthood, whether through biological means or adoption, is a dedicaion that goes on inperpetuity. Yes, if you have a child with special needs one must make sure that even after your death they are taken care of. Even though my youngest is now 24, I do realize that it is certainly so very true that ” a mother’s work is never done.”
I hate the way they make international adoption “chic”- like “imported” children are “more special-er” or something.
What about our own American kids waiting for foster parents or adoption? Oh that’s right- it would take actual work and effort on their behalf.
I agree – sometimes it seems that adopting is a style “thing” in Hollywood.
I agree that celebrities seem to be adopting in large numbers because it’s in fashion. However – I take issue with the comment about “American kids waiting for foster parents or adoption” and that it somehow requires more effort and/or is more desirable. Have you ever looked into adoption within the US? And why are American kids more important than foreign children? Children everywhere need parents, and frankly, many of them abroad have far fewer resources than those in the US. There is a HUGE demand for children in the US, and a lot of heartbreak over biological parents being afforded rights that sometimes eclipse those of the adoptive parents (sometimes bio parents are right, but sometimes they really aren’t). Why should a family compete for a birthmother and spend thousands on fees (and be at risk for losing that money) when there are thousands of children who need parents right NOW all over the globe? Sorry, but when people ask “why not an American kid,” they usually have no idea what they’re talking about.
Amy,
I have to disagree with you – UNLESS you are comparing international adoption to that of private adoption within the US. If that is the case – then yes, I agree with you in regards to the potential loss of fees and many rights afforded to biological parents.
BUT – if we really want to do a fair comparison and compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges, then let’s compare international adoption to foster care adoption within the US.
In this situation I do have to ask – “Why NOT an American Kid?”. The fees are reasonable if not non-existent, as was the case with the adoption of my 3 boys. And if one seeks a legally free child than parental rights have already been terminated.
It’s when families go over seas to find children that have less baggage than a child within the foster care system that makes me say, “Sorry, you really don’t know what you’re talking about.”