Using MySpace to adopt a child

[warbeak2099sgf]

So I was reading about this on CNN today and I was wondering what other people would think about it.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/04/25/myspace.adoption.ap/index.html

Aparentally a couple from Michigan is using MySpace to adopt a child. So far they have had no success but they are hoping for someone to respond. Now I, being an adoptee, can not understand why adoptive parents would ever do such a thing. Personally I think that this is a horrible way to adopt a child. I was wondering what you guys thought about it.

[thecavemankevin]

adoption process is mucho expensive if going through an adoption agency. however if you know personally the baby mama and do it through lawyers and so on, it's not too expensive. thus the reason they are trying to meet someone wanting to give up for a adoption and go the less expensive way.

not saying it is very appropriate, but i can sort of understand it.

[StygShore]

Oic

Not to mention... they are from Michigan... we are technically the Hillbillies of the north...


Styg

[thecavemankevin]

Not to mention... they are from Michigan... we are technically the Hillbillies of the north...


Styg

Dontchaknow, QFT

[warpfeedmod]

Do you think theres any sort of emotional impact to the child (if they find one) if he or she isn't in their adoptive parents' top 8?

DADDY DOESN'T LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT IN HIS TOP 8!

"Sally is in your extended friends list"

[warbeak2099sgf]

Do you think theres any sort of emotional impact to the child (if they find one) if he or she isn't in their adoptive parents' top 8?

DADDY DOESN'T LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT IN HIS TOP 8!

"Sally is in your extended friends list"

From personal experience I have emotional attachtment issues from when I was adopted, eventhough I was only five days old at the time. I think that no matter when a child is adopted they have this void in their life and tend to feel like at some point someone close to them abandoned them in a way.

[emumikey]

From personal experience I have emotional attachtment issues from when I was adopted, eventhough I was only five days old at the time. I think that no matter when a child is adopted they have this void in their life and tend to feel like at some point someone close to them abandoned them in a way.

Warbeak,

You stated that very effectively. My fiance is adopted and she has had similar feelings. I think it would be common for adopted people to have issues like this. Not necessarily good or bad, just issues that people raised in a "traditional" setting do not experience.

Do you think the method of adoption would have an impact on the childs life as time goes on? I don't know that it would...

[warbeak2099sgf]

Warbeak,

You stated that very effectively. My fiance is adopted and she has had similar feelings. I think it would be common for adopted people to have issues like this. Not necessarily good or bad, just issues that people raised in a "traditional" setting do not experience.

Do you think the method of adoption would have an impact on the childs life as time goes on? I don't know that it would...

Personally, I think that the method of adoption would have an impact on the childs life. My parents told me how I was adopted and all of the details since I was able to understand it. But that is only how I feel, my brother on the other hand seems not bothered at all by the fact that he is adopted. Not that I am upset about it, I think that it is a wonderful thing for a family to do. But really I think that it depends on the person who is adopted and how their family goes about telling them that they are adopted. I know some people who's parents did not tell them that they were adopted until they were in their teens. And I know that if I were ever to adopt a child I would want them to be informed about their adoption, and I hope that my boyfriend would agree with me on that. But like I said, I think that it depends on the people involved.

[warbeak2099]

Warbeak,

Woah woah, let's not call her me. She has the lady parts and I have the man parts.

Lol, good job on your first thread. I can't believe my gf joined AO. You are now a part of the chaos and insanity, not just a bystander.

[behemoth]

Not to mention... they are from Michigan... we are technically the Hillbillies of the north...


Styg

Much to be said about Ann Arbor, too...

[tech-chan]

I'm adopted and I don't care a darn about how I'm adopted.

[emumikey]

Woah woah, let's not call her me. She has the lady parts and I have the man parts.

Lol, good job on your first thread. I can't believe my gf joined AO. You are now a part of the chaos and insanity, not just a bystander.

LOL, sorry. I didn't realize that there were too of you, didnt catch the different SN

[warbeak2099sgf]

yeah there are two of us. And I am adopted too and I do care how I was adopted. Maybe its because I'm a girl and I am more prone to feelings like that, but it just seems important to me.

[Spartan X]

I have a adopted brother and we got scammed on our first attempt. We lost out on 23 grand from a agency in California. People do have to be wary about the process. I think the Myspace thing is a great idea for meeting a couple that wants to set there child up for adoption, because some people that want to adopt try so many ways, and the internet has become a great tool for that. besides that fact that most of the people who would be setting there child up for adoption here in the US any way prolly use the internet a good amount of the time and have my spaces.

[Fred]

Ann Arbor isn't really part of michigan, nor is it really part of the reality that the people outside of it occupy...

I think adoption is great! I have some friends who are unable to have their own children, and are perfectly capable of being parents... but have had horrible experiences trying to adopt a child.