It seems that over the past year adopting children from less fortunate countries has become a 'trend' to celebrities. Now don't get me wrong, I am not criticising adopting a child from a struggling country, but it seems as if babies are becoming must have 'accesories' for celebrities.
Madonna has recentley revealed that she plans to adopt another child from Malawi. This is merely months after she adopted David Banda, now 18 months old, from an orphanage in Malawi. It just seems that she's rushing this adoption. I'm more than sure she has very honourable intentions, but what you've got to consider is the well being of the child involved.
When David was adopted, there was a lot of outrage that it was dealt with so quickly. More than likely the adoption was 'rushed' because of Madonna's status in society. But this seems very unfair, as normal adoption takes a lot longer.
Another celebrity who has taken to adopting from different countries is Angelina Jolie. Of course I admire both Angelina and Madonna for their kind and loving nature and their want to make a difference in the lives of un-privelledged children. But from the way the media has portrayed the stars adoption, it seems as if their main focuss is on their adoptive children rather than their biological children. This however may not be the case, as the media often only shows what they want you to believe.
In an interview Angelina said about the different love she feels for her kids:
“I think I feel so much more for Madd and Zee because they’re survivors, they came through so much. Shiloh seemed so privileged from the moment she was born. I have less inclination to feel for her...I met my other kids when they were 6 months old, they came with a personality. A newborn really is this...Yes, a blob! But now she’s starting to have a personality...I’m conscious that I have to make sure I don’t ignore her needs, just because I think the others are more vulnerable.”
I found this extremely shocking. If any other mother said this, there would be a lot of criticism directed towards her and more than likely social services would become involved.
Through the media Angelina is portrayed as a bad person because she says that she felt more towards her adoptive children because they were not born with the privelledges Shilou was. Angelina is a wonderful mother I'm sure. It's very clear that she loves ALL her children. From what I can gather Angelina seems like such a loving and caring person and she just wants to help those less fortunate than herself.
Madonna also seems like a loving and caring person, but does she really have the best intentions at heart when it comes to the new adoption she is planning? The uproar that occured when David was adopted will more than likely be repeated. Madonna seems to be taking on a lot of responsibilty by adopting another child. I personally think it would be best to wait a while before she adopts again. After all she has to consider the well being of her other children before she goes off to 'collect' another baby.
I don't want them to know. It's not like I can just say "oh...a cat scratched me" because it's fairly obvious they're not cat scratches 
Why the fuck did I have to do it again? I have just caused a whole heap of problems for myself. How am I going to explain to vati what the heck happened to my arm? He's not going to believe me...shit 
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so I told her to fuck off, and then I got sent home for it! 
It was great we just sat watching ricky lake, because me and Ash are totally cool like that haha
lots!
We used to be inseperable but now we hardly speak and when we do I feel like I'm no longer good enough to be his friend 
I mean their stupid little comments can't fucking hurt us?! I'm just fed up of seeing them everywhere we go. It's like "FUCK OFF WE DON'T GIVE A SHIT! STOP STALKING US!
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