Adoption. It’s a word that we all hear. But few of us actually pay it any attention. And that’s why when you hear about people who genuinely care about adoption and are willing to adopt children, you want to cheer for them.

So explain to me why a woman, willing and perfectly capable of raising and supporting a child from an impoverished nation, can’t get a fucking kid? According to the experts, it’s quite simple; the child would be better off in an orphanage, as that qualifies as “her best interests.”

This is how the most recent adoption attempt by Madonna is going. This is the second time Madonna is attempting to adopt an orphan from Malawi. According to officials, staying in the orphanage is better for the child and this decision is essentially a victory for all those poor homeless kids by not allowing them to leave their country and live with affluent, successful individuals.

Forget for a moment about Madonna and all the preconceived notions you have of her. Yes, she is Queen of Pop. Yes, she has sold over 200 million records. Yes, she has a net worth of around $500 million. But doesn’t this make her an ideal candidate to adopt a child? Madonna is done with recording (whether she realizes it or not). So what does a self-made, former singer with a shit load of money have left? Time, and lots of it. Now is the time where she can spend her life doing all the things that have passed her by, such as raising a family. She is married, wealthy as shit, and WANTS to adopt a kid from Malawi. Why the fuck not?

What’s intriguing to me is that the Malawi officials are against it. They cite that support outside of Malawi accounts for only 5 of 1.5 million orphans. Explain to me again how this is not in their best interests or those of the kid, when only 5 of them are going to get help? They should be jumping up and down and shipping the kids off as fast as they can if for nothing else to make room for the other 1,499,995 kids that are trying to find a spot for their mat on the dirt. And don’t give me this bullshit about cross cultural differences and that the kid would lose out on their culture and religion. The kid is too young to know anything about that right now. Right now is the perfect time. This kid has a chance of growing up in a legit home with 2 parents that love them and we aren’t paying any attention. It’s time we stop hearing about this, and start paying attention to people that care.

You can follow Nils on Twitter here.

Leave Comment