Madonna and child

[Pawsitive Thinking]

What do you think about her adopting?

[Cataholic]

I think it is one less 'unwanted' child. Good on her.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

As long as she wants it from her heart, okay!!! But I am afraid it is just another "Hollywood-gimmick"....

[sasvermont]

Although I don't know how great of a mom she is, it seems to me that his education and welfare will not be an issue. I suppose he could be considered lucky in some ways, when you compare the option of living as an orphan.

We will never really know.

I hope she treats him nicely.

[jackie]

Great! I hope more people think about adopting because of it too!

[Karen]

I am of mixed emotions, as I don't know how she is as a parent - as in, does she care for her children, or do a series of nannies do most of the day-to-day work, and how much of it is a publicity stunt. Still, I suppose it gets him to a better place than he was in ...

I am all in favor of adoption, heaven knows, every child deserves to be loved. I just don't have a lot of respect for Madonna.

[lvpets2002]

I agree with Lut & am afraid its totally political..

As long as she wants it from her heart, okay!!! But I am afraid it is just another "Hollywood-gimmick"....

[jackie]

Anytime I hear about any star adopting a poor kid from another country I cringe.

Why?

[Argranade]

It does not matter what you want,

All I care about is this child shall have a good home with lots of food, why be mad or sad about I think thats stupid I mean if they actualy want to help out a child then I say ''GO AHEAD'' because im sure that child shall be very happy its not like there going to torture the kid.

When I get older I dont want to have a kid but rather adopt one in need of a loving home.

[Pam]

To be honest I feel sorry for a lot of the children of celebrities. I think they grow up in a distorted world and often they wind up being very messed up adults. I think this little boy might have been better off staying with his dad. Money is not the answer to everything.

[moosmom]

I was watching the news this morning about the whole adoption thing. It seems that over there, it's common for children to be brought up by a more affluent family, one that has the means to provide for the child. The father of this child thought that is what was happening. He didn't realize he was signing away his parental rights to his son forever.

My cousin is the mother of two adopted children from Russia. She and her husband had to fly there and stay put for 8-10 weeks before a hearing could be arranged. After that, Jean stayed there with the children (in separate incidences) for 3 more weeks until the adoption became final. Then she flew home with them.

Adopting out of the country is a very tedious, LONG process. And while I'm not judging Madonna on her parenting skills, I AM questioning her motives behind such a "quick" adoption. In her case, as well as all the celebrity adoptions, I guess money does talk.