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.