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We have 3 internationally adopted children and I know the first hand pain of lack of transparency can cause all parties involved. This is another sad story.
I appreciate that you see this as a problem for everyone. Many people who have either adopted or been on the other sides wouldn't be objective about it. Unfortunately for these 15k kids I do not see any "correct" answer.
Its not really an international adoption story so much as a domestic one. This boy was in the US right?
I'm the mother of two internationally adopted children. While I am completely and totally in support of the Hague Convention, I do think that many NGO's and foreign governments are working on the behalf of lobbies in their own countries, not on the behalf of the more than 100 MILLION orphans worldwide.
I think that everyone needs to remember that a loving family is always preferable to institutionalization.
Its not really an international adoption story so much as a domestic one. This boy was in the US right?
I'm the mother of two internationally adopted children. While I am completely and totally in support of the Hague Convention, I do think that many NGO's and foreign governments are working on the behalf of lobbies in their own countries, not on the behalf of the more than 100 MILLION orphans worldwide.
I think that everyone needs to remember that a loving family is always preferable to institutionalization.
Yes, it seems kind of selfish on the part of the bio-mother who would rather drag her young child through all kinds of difficulties rather than allowing him to have a stable life.
Yes, it seems kind of selfish on the part of the bio-mother who would rather drag her young child through all kinds of difficulties rather than allowing him to have a stable life.
Easy to say when it's not your child though isn't it?
Why does she want the kid back? So he can join the Mexican drug gang?? He looks happier with the foster parents. And they seem well educated and capable of providing a good education.
Besides, I hate newsreaders who try to act cool, yet commit the most severe of fashion Faux Pas.
Black suit. Wider lapels. And a skinny tie??? And a black one at that?? Shame
Why does she want the kid back? So he can join the Mexican drug gang?? He looks happier with the foster parents. And they seem well educated and capable of providing a good education.
Besides, I hate newsreaders who try to act cool, yet commit the most severe of fashion Faux Pas.
Black suit. Wider lapels. And a skinny tie??? And a black one at that?? Shame
Yes i guess that means all poor parents should just put their children up for adoption then :roll eyes:.
This really isn't international or really even about adoption per se, it's really more of a domestic immigration issue. My personal take would be that if the only criminality that can be determined is the act of immigrating illegally and the parent desires the child back, then they should be reunited. People were outraged when that Japanese mother took her kids to Japan and the father who had custody in the US was fighting desperately to get them back and the Japanese government was saying no. While there are differences in this case, there are similarities as well.
The US has a commitment to honoring all human rights and constitutionally guaranteed freedoms for all people in the US regardless of citizneship. Yet, in this case, there would have been a clear difference between how a US citizen would have been treated and how these parents were treated.
This really isn't international or really even about adoption per se, it's really more of a domestic immigration issue. My personal take would be that if the only criminality that can be determined is the act of immigrating illegally and the parent desires the child back, then they should be reunited. People were outraged when that Japanese mother took her kids to Japan and the father who had custody in the US was fighting desperately to get them back and the Japanese government was saying no. While there are differences in this case, there are similarities as well.
The US has a commitment to honoring all human rights and constitutionally guaranteed freedoms for all people in the US regardless of citizneship. Yet, in this case, there would have been a clear difference between how a US citizen would have been treated and how these parents were treated.
Sadly people like this suffer due to the fact she is an illegal immigrant. That being said i don't think she will get her child back due to the time frame he has been away from her. And her need to return to a much lower standard of living that this child is used too.
This really isn't international or really even about adoption per se, it's really more of a domestic immigration issue. My personal take would be that if the only criminality that can be determined is the act of immigrating illegally and the parent desires the child back, then they should be reunited. People were outraged when that Japanese mother took her kids to Japan and the father who had custody in the US was fighting desperately to get them back and the Japanese government was saying no. While there are differences in this case, there are similarities as well.
The US has a commitment to honoring all human rights and constitutionally guaranteed freedoms for all people in the US regardless of citizneship. Yet, in this case, there would have been a clear difference between how a US citizen would have been treated and how these parents were treated.
Agreed. I hate it when stories like this are used as an example of "international adoption gone wrong" where this has nothing to do with international adoption and doesn't resemble the international adoption process a bit.
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He looks happier with the foster parents. And they seem well educated and capable of providing a good education.
