Earlier this month Saturday Night Live parodied Angelina Jolie and Madonna’s family formation tactics

This SNL skit really bugged me.  Adoption is not about ’saving the world one tiny exotic baby at a time’ it is about forming loving families.  I truly hope that the Jolie-Pitt kids and Madonna’s son never see their parents parodied like this.  Kids don’t want to be rescued, they want to be LOVED.

Can you imagine how the kids would feel if they saw these ‘funny’ skits? And even if the kids knew the score what message do these kinds of satire send to other kids about adoption and the children who join their families via adoption.

How would you feel?

How would your kids feel?

Think about that.

With Respect,

Deb

www.adoptingsmart.com

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