Why is everyone against Madonna adopting another child in Africa?

Question

Isn't this child going to have a better life with her?

Answer 1

I don't really have any issue with her wanting to give a child born in awful poverty a better chance in life.



My problems arise with the following issues,



1) Why can she fast track through the process, when it takes anyone else months, if not years to adopt a child from the same situation. I've got friends who adopted a child from Africa, and it took them SEVEN years to clear the system and get approval.



2) She's going on tour - is it fair to adopt a child, and then palm it off onto a load of nannies? She want's to be a 'mummy' but she'll rarely see the child until she stops touring.

Answer 2

She didn't need to go to Africa to adopt a child, in fact she didn't even have to go to Africa to find an African baby - there are loads of African kids in care in the UK & the USA. There are thousands of children in the UK & the US desperately in need of a home. Both of these children had family, although David's father for whatever reason despite having remarried & had other children chose not to bring David home.



The other disturbing thing about this is the apparent willingness of Malawian officials to coerce families into signing away their children and bending their own laws to ensure that Madonna could adopt a child. If the laws of the Malawi have been bent or twisted to enable Madonna to adopt these children, are the adoptions even legal?



If she wanted to ensure these children had better lives why not sponsor the child so he could return home? Pay for their education? Ensure that their families have a trade or can earn a living to support the child?

Answer 3

Is Maddona adopting a toddler from Africa ? And are there some human beings protesting against it ? properly, frankly speaking who cares ? i do no longer preserve the two of the motives. Neither Madonna's nor the protesters'. So my opinion - i do no longer care the two way or for the two facets. i'm least worried. i'm completely unperturbed by using the reality that Madonna is adopting somebody. I an the two unperturbed by using the information that some anybody is protesting in comparison adoption !

Answer 4

I'm not against it at all. However, I am well against someone like Madonna waltzing into Malawi and picking a child like shes shopping in Tesco's and expecting to pay for them at the checkout.

With all her money, Madonna could make a very serious difference in a country like Malawi, if she only worked with the Government there and helped everyone, not just a chosen one or two.

Answer 5

I'm not against Madonna adopting another child from Malawi and neither are most of the folk in the village where the child lives.



Those who oppose Madonna are skinny minded uncaring people.



Madonna has her own charity work down there in Africa. Good for her and if she wants to be a Christian and help a child to a good quality of life, who are we to oppose her?



People are just full of envy because Madonna has managed through her own skill at her art and her business brain to achieve so much in her life. Far more than most of us can ever hope for.



Madonna's Channel on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/madonna

Answer 6

Madonna should instead plough millions into an Orphange out there for these children. There are many children living in her own country that have no one to adopt them.



Wait for the film "Bruno" coming out this year and then you will realise the whole insanity of adopting a child from africa. These people will give their children away for next to nothing.

Answer 7

I don't have an issue with it. There are millions of starving children, all over the world. If she has the means to provide them with a better life, so be it. It would be nice if one of these multi-million dollar entertainers started some sort of charity to help other Americans to do the same. There are thousands of childless couples who would love to be able to adopt from overseas, however they don't have the means to do so. There are so many expenses involved, which include buying presents for the workers at the orphanages, paying off corrupt officials, etc. I know a lot of people will say "but there are so many American children that need homes." that may be true, but I can tell you first hand, being a foster mother, that the conditions that these parentless children are living in here in the US are way way better than the orphans in 3rd world countries, who may never get held, barely are fed, and live in filth.

Answer 8

I have a problem with Madonna adopting full stop. I have seen the rigorous rules, the enormous hoops that the average person has to negotiate in order to adopt.

This woman's career and lifestyle would prohibit her from adopting in most western countries, hence she goes to Africa.

News reports indicate that the child in question is four years old, how will she/he cope with being placed in an alien environment and culture, with a "mother" she/he barely knows and who will be raised by "nannies"?

As already suggested, if Madonna has the welfare of African orphans in mind she should have paid and staffed an orphanage in Africa then many would have better opportunities.

Selfish and self-centred as opposed to caring and charitable in my view.

Scuse me..... The people of Britain have not allowed Islam to flourish in this country, our corrupt and traitorous politicians have, so get your facts right!

Answer 9

Because ut is wrong to move a child from its natural Environment. Also Madonna is doing it for publicity

Answer 10

I don't see these adoptions as done to help the children, instead, it's more about increasing the celebrities' own fame and make them "feel better" about "helping" someone from a 3rd world country. I'm sure Madonna has nannies who watch over these children...instead of her caring for the children without hired help.

Answer 11

Every time I am reading about Hollywood person adapting the child from Africa, I want to ask the same question:"Why not to start here,home,in USA?"

Answer 12

A child should not be used as publicity stunt....besides there are plenty of children who need adoptions right here in this country, however that would not bring Mad the wanted publicity.

Answer 13

Personally I can't see the problem.



If the child has no family to care for it and it is going to a loving and healthy environment then surely that can only be a good thing.

Answer 14

Im not against it, I just think that she could help more by donating money to an orphanage than by just adopting one child.

Answer 15

I dunno.



Perhaps because if you look at it from a certain point of view, it almost seems like a foreign adopted child is one of the new de rigueur status symbols of the rich.



Especially when children from their own vicinity go unadopted.



Just sayin'..

Answer 16

i don't know but i do question - why she's not adopting a child from AMerica and why it's a child who is living with extended family!?

Answer 17

Tell me about it....i Guess they would rather the kid was brought up in that violent sh*t hole, half starved and riddled with disease. GO figure British people.....cos i cant. they allow Islam to flood into this country threatening to bring a hate fuelled violent future for their children...'no problem'. then they have the nerve to moan about somebody who actually gives a toss about the future of children....

Answer 18

I'm not against it. I haven't seen anyone saying they are against it. Looks like the officials in Malawi aren't against it.



Who do you define as "everyone"?

Answer 19

what is wrong with adopting American children? there are many different culutred babies in America. the adoption places are over flowing with kids and babies..

the only problem I have with it because of her and Angela Jolie, it is like the in thing to do now and people followed there lead..



I feel bad for American babies because of this.

Answer 20

UM. She's on tour this year. What the hell? The little kids just going to be with the nanny or whoever she pays? It won't know whats happening.

Answer 21

I'm not against it at all. I wonder what all these opinionated judgemental people are doing for Malawi.

Answer 22

because people like her think that they can have anything they want as they have cash.she would be better leaving the kid there and pay for their upbringing in the place they were born

Answer 23

thankfully she has been denied mercy.

Answer 24

i dont know really. i guess she's just not as popular as brad and angelina

Answer 25

Coz she's a *****