Let Me Adopt My Son

thank you for this amy. thank you

I think there is nothing wrong with kids being raised by gay parents. People tend to forget that the standard American-European family model of one man and one woman is far from the only thing in this world. Cultures all around the world have successfully raised kids, from polygyny to polyandry to same sex monogamy. As long as someone is raising them I say let it be.

Very well produced piece. Check out this pod: http://current.com/items/90942192_through-stills-of-life-the-annenberg-space-for...

I am a Black Woman sitting watching TV. I view "Let me adopt my son". I feel hope rise to the top of my being
and I rush to log on. One child saved, very important
to us all. One family created, very important to us all.
One more person educated to the need to move
forward with the human right *(To Parent) for everyone, very important to us all.

One Person

whats he problem? are we still racest society? iam white, my husband is black, so ! what do we do whe we want children? i dont care either way. we are trying toget a white 2 year old, her real dad, never works and lives in the basement of his dead mother, whats better us or him?

Again, I do feel any couple who is in position to care for a unwanted child should do so regardless of their race or sexual preference. A straight couple could adopt a child and be the worst parents of them all verses a gay couple could provide unconditional love for these kids. Children of a difference race should expose the child to their own cultural yet as a young black woman being from the "hood" I can socialize with all races, party withthem vibe off their music yet I know who I am

I applaud all the wonderful people and families who adopt - and even more-so in the face of adversity!

What I don't understand is the perverse notion in many societies that we must procreate in order to have/raise families. I would like to see more incentives from the government on educating people about the options of adopting versus procreation. Family planning should be part of any grade school education - along with sex ed.

In a country (USA) where it's mandatory to have a licenses in order to drive, have a dog, get married, and adopt, why are there no qualifications for having a child?

We have so many children in this world that need homes and families and yet so many people just mechanically go about popping out new kids... just because they can. Am I missing something here?

when these kids grow up i hope that the sexual orientation thing will be a non issue.

& as far as being raised by white parents is concerned it really shouldn't make any difference because so many all black middle & upper class families already raise their kids with (for lack of a more thoughtful term) white values so they can fit in with their predominantly white socio-economic counterparts.

all these kids need to know is that their lives & how they grow up are just as much of a part of the black experience as any of the rest of us across the diaspora. there aren't any groups of people that speak & act in one monolithic voice. the diversity within the social groups is what allows us to evolve as humans.

there's no such thing as being too black or not black enough & i sincerely hope that more people will get that as these tykes grow up.

Honestly don't think this should not be an issue with anybody. People in a position to adopt children should be allowed without hesitation.

AlfredM

I like to see that people are adopting young ones. I was a foster kid myself. It appears that people shown in this pod are taking care of the children. The only time I had foster parents, that is, when I wasn't in a shelter or group home, our diet was limited to canned tuna and boxes of macaroni and cheese, just like with anything there can be people that are questionable... think they (the foster parents) started out trying to do something [good], but ended up just realizing that they could make more money with the more kids they took in. They made the older ones watch the younger ones. It was not so bad but just frustrating when you're 13 and have to make sure the baby who was born from a crack mother doesn't stop breathing when you/the baby sleeps. The other thing was, the ethnicity issue. When I lived in a group home, being a Filipino, the group home mom would buy this food in a can called 'la choy'. If you know what I'm talking about or not, it just, um, well, i couldn't eat the stuff. At the time, most of the foster parents were either white or black. There are differences but we learned about each others cultures and things usually were okay. Same for the group home parents. The kids look pretty happy (in the pod), and well provided for. As a kid, from my experience, most kids are angry to be in the foster home situation, so, like the pod said, the older you get the less likely people are going to want to adopt you. I myself don't see the sexual preference of the person trying to adopt children should matter. There are questionable characters that are heterosexual just as well as homosexual. There are tests in place to make sure that people are not weirdos but sometimes they slip through because of lack of homes or sometimes undetectable. Either way, it's pretty cool to see little ones being well provided for.

Every disappointment is a blessing. Homophobia is sadly also prevalent in African / African American culture . My physician husband experiences daily, the prevalence of fear from Caucasian Americans as he goes about his job. Poverty, drug abuse, racism and homophobia have some how converged to teach us all a lesson. We are all human, we play a huge role in influencing and supporting one another. There is nothing to fear and a lot to love and respect. Call me sentimental but every time I see a gay or heterosexual Caucasian couple with an African American child my eyes still well up. It reassures me that all is still well with humanity.

Those who welcomed the opportunity to give this child a true family, sound up-bringing and a loving home environment can never be thanked enough. When he grows up, he may forever feel grateful for being seen as a human first. As others have said, it is also outstanding that these individuals recognized the status of foster care in the US and decided to bring stability to one child's life. That means the world. I am not addressing the topic of sexuality or race because, I too was adopted as a toddler, and at that point in a child's life, love and concern are all that matter. There is no inherent ability to judge based on anything other than performance. If you're treating the child right, they will know it and return the love.

Obviously, looking at the number of foster children in our country and abroad, more selfless and genuinely concerned people, like those in this pod, are needed to drive the message home that at the core we are all family. This needs to be done through actions such as the one we saw in this pod. Thanks again to the foster and adoptive parents and to the video producer for spreading this vital message!

I loved this pod! I am a young black woman with a white boyfriend and this pod really made us talk and think about one day adopting. It is a beautiful thing when ANY child who wouldnt noramlly be given the chance for a stable loving home gets the chance to have a life of love and "normalcy". In this case, with gay parents, as they discussed, normal is relative but either way this child will be given a chance and hope for a great future. Kudos to the judge who granted this adoption. What a great pod!

as a black lesbian with a bi-racial son. this makes my heart sing..all you need is love.

at this moment i really believe there are people with the capacity to love someone completely foreign to them. just to complete their hearts longing

and being that it helps my bi-culutral feelings of equality (my gay culture and black culture) to become more and more of a reality. i hope to see more things like this all over the U.S.

Every child deserves a loving, caring home - gay and lesbian parents are just as valid and loving as straight parents. Thank you for this, and good on the man in this video for adopting a local child rather than turning to overseas adoption agencies. Lots of wonderful kids here in the states need homes, too!

Do you think children should be adopted by people of the same race?