Comments on: Discussion Post: The next Jolie-Pitt adoption

By: B

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:59:42 +0000

JUST LEAVE THEM ALONE, LET THEM BE A FAMILY LIKE WE ALL ARE TRYING TO DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HEY BRAD & ANG, YOU REMIND ME OF ME & MY HUSBAND’S RELATIONSHIP & OUR FAMILY.
THANKS…..

By: Auntie

Auntie — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:00:06 +0000

Hello, thank you for not reacting too negatively to my comment. The Pitt-Jolies have every right to focus on balancing out the races in their own family. I myself am an Asian, living in Southeast Asia where poverty does in fact generate enormous needs for good adoptive parents. Adopting a white brother or sister can send a powerful message to the non-white siblings that Asians and Blacks aren’t in some way “weaker”, in the sense that they need rescuing more than white kids. Peace – Auntie

By: joliepittfanatic

joliepittfanatic — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:13:18 +0000

UNDER MOD- Response to Auntie.

By: joliepittfanatic

joliepittfanatic — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:12:18 +0000

Auntie- First of all, I want to thank you keeping your comment respectful. Unfourtantely, a lot of other people who make similar comments don’t do so.

Anyway, I see your point. However, they have talked about wanting to balance the races in the house, and so far Shi and the twins have each other, and Maddox has Pax (and vice versa). So, logically, it seems like they will next adopt an African sibling for Zee.

That said, they may adopt a white child in the future, but I doubt it will be from the U.S. Some one please correct me if I’m wrong, but, from what I’ve heard, you generally aren’t allowed to adopt from the U.S. if you have a past history of substance abuse, and Angie has been very open about the fact that she abused drugs in the past.

Also, I think their family size would disqualify them for adopting in the U.S.

All of that said, however, I think that might actually make a good discussion topic: Why don’t Angie and Brad adopt in the U.S. (as long as it was made clear that, as with all Pittwatch discussion posts, it was for dicussing the topic, NOT bashing Angie and Brad for not adopting kids from the U.S.!)?

By: Auntie

Auntie — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:35:17 +0000

Why not a white child, perhaps from somewhere like Russia, even closer to home in the US? It would send a powerful message to all 6 of her children that Asian and African are not the only ones who need to be “helped”. All children need and deserve loving adoptive parents.

By: joliepittfanatic

joliepittfanatic — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:14:24 +0000

Oh, and I also wanted to say that, after reading the above-mentioned “story”, I can now see why some people complain that Angie “collects” kids. Some of those people probably are just h8ters looking for any excuse to bash Angie, but some of them are probably people who get their J-P “news” from tabs.

If you relied only on the tabs for J-P “news”, then you would probably get the impression that she “collects” kids! Good thing we Pittwatchers don’t take the tabs seriously!

By: joliepittfanatic

joliepittfanatic — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:11:46 +0000

Last night I was reading some old tabloid “stories” about the J-Ps (while I don’t actively search for tab “stories” I DO sometimes stumble across them when searching for other J-P related things…or for tab cover pictures, which I sometimes do just for fun and to have a good laugh!)…and I really had to chuckle at one of them.

The “story” was the one about them adopting an Ethiopian girl that circulated earlier this year and was started by Out of Touch. According to Out of Touch, Angie was going to go to Addis Ababba (the capital city) to file the adoption papers…and then pick up the new J-P two days later!

Clearly the tabs have absolutly no clue about how the adoption process works! I mean, maybe celebs get preferential treatment in some countries, but even they cannot adopt a child in just two days!

By: Brangelina4ever

Brangelina4ever — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:08:29 +0000

Lol, you’re quite right joliepittfanatic! I was busy being politically correct that I totally missed being correct:) By the way, I was adopted twice within the same family!

By: joliepittfanatic

joliepittfanatic — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:47:18 +0000

Brangelina4Ever- Actually, if they adopt from Africa, it will be an African child, not an African American child!

By: joliepittfanatic

joliepittfanatic — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:46:30 +0000

Brangelina4Ever- Very well said! I want to add that I think some people can raise several kids and be wonderful parents, some people can raise just one child and be wonderful parents, some people can raise several kids but be lousy parents, and some people can raise just one kid and be lousy parents.

My mom, for example, has the exact opposite background that your mother does: She is an only child. However, she turned out just fine, and continues to be very succsefull in life.

On the otherhand, someone can be an only child and turn out terrible. The bottom line is, no matter whether you have one child or several, there are advantages and dis-advantages to both situations, and different family sizes work for different people.