Here’s the fam history…

Maternal aunt and uncle: Adopted (thru adoption agency) two kids… one got pregnant at 21 (not a huge issue IMHO) and has had ups and downs with relationships, the other is an alcoholic/mental health issues.

Paternal aunt and uncle #1: Adopted (thru church) a girl who has turned out sweet and nice.

Paternal aunt and uncle #2: Adopted (thru foster care) a girl and boy. Girl is great, boy has gone to juvie, but may get back on track.

So my extremely religious grandma who helped RAISE the girl from paternal a&u #1 tells me I should not adopt because adopting (especially older kids) is bad and they are bad kids. And says, “Look at [my cousin in juvie].” What about the other two kids who are great??? I think a lot of people who don’t support adoption have this idea that adoptive kids can somehow be worse than bio kids and that it’s ALL because they’re adopted. So adoptive parents get a lot more crap from neighbors and family and friends as a result—- sometimes they are in really supportive communities, but more often than not, there’s a lot of negative people who aren’t cool at all about it. Ie. when the adopted kid cusses at a neighbor, the whole neighborhood is in an uproar and at the adoptive parent’s house giving her hell about her kid… almost like they are trying to drive her out of the neighborhood. If a bio kid did that, they would be less likely to do it IMHO. Just what I’ve noticed.

It is just a movie of course… and probably a bad one from the looks of it… lol… but I am afraid anti-adoption people WON’T see it and will just add the idea to their negative perceptions of adoption.

What the hell does this even mean? The puctuation, or lack thereof, is appalling. Also,”… in fast discouraging and negative” is this even English? You’re not even literate! Surely you jest that you are going to be allowed to adopt. Tell me there are standards that are upheld. If they allow people like you, with your imbecillic attitude and horrible English and grammar skills, to adopt then I am fearful FOR the children, not of them.

Here’s the correct English and grammar for what I think you were trying to convey. The changes are subtle, but they really make all the difference in the world when trying to convey the meaning of your statement.

“While my opinion of adoption will not change, we come up against a lot of people who are not supportive. People who are, in fact, discouraging and negative.”

And, I’m sure we all can agree, this comes across as intelligent, while yours came across as OFFENDING to those of us who love English! Maybe I should boycott YOU! o.O (haha) May I suggest you adopt a puppy or kitten and leave the kids to those with more brains in their heads? Orphans of the world will thank you and even if you screw up your cat, the rest of us won’t have to deal with it.

Ps: That’s not a cup holder, that’s your disk drive …

There you go, I’ve just given you something worthy of being offended about. I insult your intelligence and laugh at your misguided ideals. I do this in regards to all morons who cross my path. Out of curiosity, when you go to the adoption agency, do you take a small yellow bus? Yes, yes you do, don’t you? …

1. I’m sure this isn’t the first thing to offend you, it won’t be the last and I’m glad I don’t live with you and your negative, fearful attitude.

2. Get a grip, movies are made for entertainment. It’s really pathetic that you have to find something to be offended about. Go watch Idiocracy that movie is far more likely to occur. You can get offended for the lesser intelligent after … Oh, and I’m sure you will …

3. Do you stay up all night afraid that Freddy Krueger will get you? If not, you should, I hear he’s looking for you. ‘Cuz, you know, movies are real and we should all take them seriously and go overboard being un-intelligent fools.

4. Movie or no, I am an advocate for adopting, it does two things. It helps the little people who don’t have anyone, and it lowers population … which, if you look around you, is out of control. Bob Barker always talked about having your pets spayed and neutered … I think humans should take the same approach themselves. It’s too bad the parents of those who are offended by MOVIES didn’t take the same stance…

In closing, it is really sad that people have so little to do with their lives that they have to go out of their way to find something to nit-pick. If you really are so ignorant to not adopt because you watched a movie, then you seriously don’t deserve to pro-create or raise children. We have enough screwed up little people as it is because of poor parenting and neglect. I don’t think we need to add neuroticism to the parental standard.

And honestly, if someone is idiot enough to be put off adopting or fostering by a piece of bad fiction, I think that’s excellent, because they were a lousy candidate to begin with
and it is JUST a movie. and since all of you wont be seeing it, I’ll just tell you that its not even a “foster child” it ends up being an adult woman playing one.. So everyone can take a breath now, cause once again its made up

Someone who gets a paycheck to report should report on something worth reading.

Did you all band together and boycott the “Omen” movies?

Do police officers boycott all the movies were cops are made fun of?

Do doctors boycott movies that portray them as incompetent or evil?

Do your neighbors refuse to watch movies about problems people have with their neighbors?

If you really think about it every movie ever made could piss somebody off!