Femme VIP - August 2010

Race and Adoption

Now that we all know that Sandra Bullock is a mother to an African American baby boy;  I find many people saying she should not have given the child a home.

As if, have we forgotten how Madonna adopted a child from Malawi or Angelina Jolie and how she has a rainbow coalition living in her house with Brad Pitt.

Every child needs a home, race should not play a part in anyone wanting to love and raise a child in an safe environment. I personally have no issue with adoption, if I could adopt a child I would do so because I love children. Love is color blind. Raising a child of a different race may have it's challenges however raising kids
in general is a challenge.

Let's face it, you can raise your children and believe you did the best job; however when they grow up your children will still say you did something wrong in raising them.

Want to know why? The reason is there are no perfect parent(s) and there are no perfect children, no one on earth is perfect. We do the best that we can with the resources that we  have; we all just pray or let a higher power guide us through the rest.

I say cheers to those who want to adopt children no matter their race, creed, or color .why not open your home to a child in need. There is no crime in wanting to love children.

People are going to talk no matter what sadly more people should open their hearts to adopting children, if you have the support then I say go for it. If you do not have the support there are many ways you can help, volunteer at an foster home if you can something is better than nothing.

"I pray for all those who are able to parent it's a tough job and I am thankful for those who choose to open their hearts to adoption. "Too many children in foster care are falling through cracks. Be a hero, take the time learn about adoption today." Bruce Willis