Brooke Shields Planning On Adopting
OCT 31, 2008 AT 08:50 AM
Brooke Shields says she is considering adoption for her third child. The actress admits she's had a lot of luck in her life and doesn't want to chance a third birth.
Adoption has always been something she wanted to do in her life and the timing just feels right.
"We would adopt. I think it might be the next thing. I’m starting to think about that. There are a lot of babies out there in our immediate back yard that need families."
I hear that adopting in the States is a VERY hard process. I personally know one family that went through the process and found it to be extremely expensive.
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i wish her success with this, probably the right choice for her. i am with you on this u.s. adoption thing, isn't that crazy???? the kids can be left for the state to pay for them instead of making them more easily available for permanent un-subsidised families crazy
adoptions are great..but celebrities should honestly concentrate on sessions with shrinks. By their trade they are all very sick and narcissistic. I am sick of ''planning to adopt'' statements. Let me guess the baby will be from Africa, Asia, or maybe she will go out on a limb and travel to South America. If she will adopt non minority child I will call Madonna the most beautiful and genuine person on Earth.
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Not that money would be an issue for Brooke.
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is that pic from the tupperware party?
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I do wish more people would advocate for domestic adoptions. There are definitely kids in your own town who need a home and a family. Good for her.
"I personally know one family that went through the process and found it to be extremely expensive." vera, i can second that. i know a couple of ppl who want to adopt but just can't afford it. personally, i think that is a crime shame. the government will try and make money off of anything. something should definately be done about that.
My husband and I tried a private adoption. We took care of the birth mother for 7 months - rent, all bills, food, clothing, etc. We were there when Gretchen was born. I was the one who got to clean her up and care for her all through the first night. The mother changed her mind before we could leave the hospital. We are still devestated a year later. She took more from us than a LOT of money!! We still have the nursery all set up too. We are in the early process of trying to go through a Christian agency. They will not let you know that you have been selected until the 5 day qait period is over. It is just hard to jump back in when you finally get that savings back up and know that it will be minimum $20,000 - they said after all is said and done it will be more like $30,000. It would be easier if we knew the outcome would be positive this time!
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I'm sorry to hear people have to go through what you did. How heartbreaking that must have been.
There are non profit organizations in the states out there to help with adoption the organization Pact an adoption alliance does help parents that wish to adopt with the cost. "Pact charges adoptive parents a single fee for all services on a sliding scale ranging from nothing to $3,000."
Pact's web site it at www.pactadopt.org
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My brother is adopted- from Mexico- and even in the 80s it was ridiculously expensive to adopt from anywhere. My parents were also told there combined ages were too old to adopt from many countries, I don't know if that included the US. My mom was mid 30s and my dad was early 40s.
There are a number of ways to adopt domestically. The real question is do you want to adopt a baby or do you want to be a parent? Because there is a difference between the two.
My husband and I spent 3 years working with our DCF offices to become adoptive parents. These are children that have been removed from their biological parents, parental rights are teminated in order to make that child eligible for adoption.
Our cost? $0! Because we wanted to be "parents", we have been matched to a beautiful 5 year old girl who was the angel that our life was missing. Our adoption costs will be covered by a state grant, our home study was completed at no charge and as a benefit that our daughter receives (because she was a ward of the state), her college tuition is paid for in our state! That's a HUGE expense that we don't have to worry about. (She has to be accepted and we'll cover books, but it's a much smaller piece of the college pie.)
There are a number of great agencies that you can work with in your state to become an adoptive parent. And if you have the heart to do it, there is a desperate need for foster parents as well. (Many times, the foster parents are the ones who keep their foster children and they become their adopted children/permanently part of their family.) You still receive tax benefits and other advantages, but the best ones are hearing "I love you Mommy & Daddy" and the hugs and kisses that come with it.
It's been a challenging 3 years, but I won't trade a minute of them in exchange for my daughter. And we're already working on getting her a little brother or sister. :)
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I don't know a lot about adoptions, just the occassional newsstory. But it used to be that people decided on international adoptions because it's a lot quicker. State adoptions can take years whereas going to other countries can take just months. Private adoptions can happen quickly but are expensive. There is also the risk that the mother will change her mind.
here we go again...another celebrity talking about adoption (eyes rolling).
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Adoption is a VERY long process period. At least for regular people. My family adopted from the Philipines and it took almost four years.But yeah, I know people who have adopted domestically and it is much, much tougher. There are so many kids especially with special needs that need a good home and I wish it were not so strict, invasive etc. etc.
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Well, I think she realizes she is older and may chance health issues and believe her statement meant a baby from the USA, when she said in our backyard. Way to go Brooke, and congrats to you on your decision. She doesn't seem to be going to every country trying to collect and adopt a baby so her house can be an assortment. I am proud she wants to stay in the USA and adopt, there are alot out there but the foreign babies seem to get so much attention, so many stars go that route and get obsessive with it..also I believe in some countries there is no limit on how many you can have so thats why some do go that route. Adoption is great, but when you are adopting to have a nanny take care of it, whats the point? Yes, some of these stars need mental evaluations, and I think the adopting is great but think they do it alot for the attention, yes they can afford, but they also see it as a great attention getter which it does get celebs on the front page of magazines all the time. Its like the families with so many kids the older ones are taking care of younger ones- not the parents, realize when its time to stop and enjoy your children - not having a uterus stretching contest or wanting to stay in guiness recordbooks for having the most children.
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