Korean Adoption
Story about a young couple who decides to adopt a Korean baby. We follow them down to Atlanta to pick the baby up. What’s most interesting is that the mom-to-be was also adopted from Korea through the same agency.
Duration : 0:1:47
Adoption
September 24, 2009
I think many …
I think many adoptees ARE well adjusted. You just never hear about them. I liken it to the horror stories people tell about pregnancy and delivery. You never hear about the painless ones, really.
I support adoption …
I support adoption because if you adopt a baby girl, especially from asia, then you can train her and raise her however you want, and then when she’s 18 you have home trained home and since it’s not blood related there’s nothing morally wrong with it
i agree! sometimes …
i agree! sometimes i even think that the there should be law that says all families who want to have a child have to adopt the first one! it would help so many orphan kids out there! hahaha. but of course, that law exists in the perfect little world in my mind
wow. My husband was …
wow. My husband was adopted from Korea through Holt international 32 years ago. My husband and I are now adopting a daughter through Holt. My husband is a wounderful man and is very thankful that his bio family gave him to his adoptive family.
please Google the …
please Google the phrase >
adoption is a complex and sensitive issue
KateLove21 – The …
KateLove21 – The orphanage culture/language might be different than that of the birth parents and the birth parents might each be different. For example, a child might be raised to speak Singhalese and be in a Colombo orphanage but his birth mother might be Tamil and his birth father might be Middle Eastern. The mother could have gotten pregnant when working as a migrant worker. The issue of culture can be quite complex.
KateLove21 – Your …
KateLove21 – Your issues are not “international adoption” focused but are specifically related to children being adopted into families who are dissimilar to them (e.g., language, race, culture, background). This can happen domestically and even internationally when an immigrant family adopts from home country. The other issue is that some children are living differently than their birth parents (e.g., language, culture). The birth father might also have a different culture than birth mother.
KateLove21 – Being …
KateLove21 – Being adopted domestically does not guarantee that the child will know his/her culture as many societies are multi-cultural/diverse even with regards to language. In addition, one of the major groups of people adopting internationally are immigrant groups adopting from their countries of origin. Another FYI – Many non-Americans are also adopting internationally including Asians, Australians, Canadians, and Europeans.
I hope to adopt …
I hope to adopt someday.
I feel that there are so many kids in the world without parents. So why put more on the earth?
Sorry
The baby …
Sorry
The baby adopted from Korea is there own as well – I know you meant no harm – but I just had to say it
That is a total …
That is a total misconception. We aopted our daughter from Korea when she was 5 months old. (She is now 22). There is an intense program prior to adopting (once you have been approved) to help you understand the culture. Not only that but once the kids are in kindergarten they can attend a camp for Korean Adoptees followed by a family day – When my daughter went there were nearly 300 kids – an awesome experience. Google Camp Mu Ji Gae -and by the way our daughter is very well adjusted
Good for the baby …
Good for the baby boy. At least when he grows up, he could share the loss of birth parents with his adoptive mom who has exprienced the same sadness
I agree with you …
I agree with you Katelove . I don’t understand why you got thumbs down
i dont think this …
i dont think this person knows much about her coulture she was probably adopted by americans.
No it’s not narrow …
No it’s not narrow minded. You are if you won’t teach your children about THEIR own culture. It doesn’t mean they have to embrace it 100% but at least they know who they are and have that choice.
Thats a little …
Thats a little narrow-minded. My grandparents are from Poland…is there something wrong with not knowing everything about Polish culture?? An American family who adopts a baby from any country makes that baby American…and did you ever consider that the child would only want to be American. Read “How it Feels to Be Adopted.” And lastly, the mother is AMERICAN, she is adopted from Korea and knows no more about Korea than any other American.
That’s good that at …
That’s good that at least the baby will get some Korean cultural knowledge from her mother … I dislike these Americans who adopt who have no knowledge of the baby’s own culture … Then the kid grows up not knowing anything about where they’re from : ( …So Sad.
She is a cutey. I …
She is a cutey. I wish my future wife was that cute. So is the baby.
DONT STOP OR ELSE …
DONT STOP OR ELSE SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN MY NAME IS JENNY I AM 7 WITH RED HAIR MY MOTHER BEATS ME I LIVE IN A CELL WITH NO WINDOWS DOORS AND NO LIGHT I HAVE RED SCARY EYES AND IHAVE? NO NOSE OR EARS I AM DEAD IF YOU DONT SEND THIS TO 15PPL B4 U GO TO BED I WILL APPEAR 2NIGHT WITH A KNIFE AND KILL U THIS IS NO JOKE SOMETHING GOOD WILL HAPPEN TO U AT 10:22 SOMEONE WILL CALL YOU OR TALK TO YOU ONLINE AND SAY I LOVE YOU OR ASK YOU OUT BUT HERES THE CATCH Send To 15 vids
I didnt start this
She is really …
She is really beautiful
so like growing in …
so like growing in an orphanage more?
Wow the baby is so …
Wow the baby is so chill.
Duuuuuuuuuude…. …
Duuuuuuuuuude…. That baby is cuuuuuuuuuuuuute…
YA MAN! as they say.
YA MAN! as they say.
Okay ^__^ peace out!
Okay ^__^ peace out!