Madonna and child

[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.

[RICHARD]

I just don't have a lot of respect for Madonna.

Me either.


She adopts the poor kid, then leaves the country, only to send for the kid later on.

What parent, who really loves children would want to adopt them, leave them and have them flown out to whereever they are later?

Shoot, I'd adopt 12 kids, if I had the money to have someone else raise them!

[Cataholic]

She adopts the poor kid, then leaves the country, only to send for the kid later on.

What parent, who really loves children would want to adopt them, leave them and have them flown out to whereever they are later?

Maybe there was some country's rule that the adoption had to be final before the child could leave? I do know some people that have adopted a child, only to have to return on a later date to retrieve the child.

Really. Someone would adopt a child for publicity? I read one time that Madonna is one of the greatest female business women there are/were. Why would she need a child to improve her image? Or, for publicity? I don't see how that would increase her sal-ability or marketability.

[CathyBogart]

The same way I feel about anyone else adopting a child. They're doing a good thing and it's not my job to assess their parenting skills.

[mugsy]

I don't have a lot of respect for her either, but, from what I have read, she is a devoted parent. I do question what her children think of her image and what she has done in the past.

[JenBKR]

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.

My feelings exactly

[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.

[Glacier]

The only thing that bugs me about celebrity adoptions, and this one in particular, is they get to break the rules. The country Madonna adopted from requires an adopter be a resident for a year at least. There was an article in the Edmonton paper yesterday about a Canadian couple who has been living there for well over a year, caring for a child they want to adopt and they are not allowed to bring her home under the adoption laws of Muwali. Madonna shows up for a day and leaves with a child. As someone who wanted to adopt and can't, that annoys me to no end.

[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.

[kitten645]

I wonder if Madonna was a man would be the same ruckus? What if Sting or Donald Trump adopted? I don't agree with alot of what she does but I think she takes undo crap from people who refer to sucessful women as bitches and sucessful men as entrepreneurs.