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Originally Posted by LadyShea
True, but do you feel adopting parents have any responsibility towards understanding their children's culture and heritage?
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Yes, but I don't know that Madonna is necessarily violating that... I'm not sure it requires as much knowledge as living in a place for 18 months would give.
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Also, this kid was not an orphan, he was placed in an orphangae by his father who couldn't afford his care after the mother died. I believe he meant to get him back one day when he could. Also, supposedly he has said that though he originally approved the adoption, he didn't know it was permanent, he thought it was temp care and that he would return to him one day.
In my opnion she should have chosen a true orphan.
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Oh ok, well that makes it quite different.
In the case, I would say that Madonna is being unethical. But that isn't that related to the fact that it's international adoption but to the fact that the child will be far away from the father - which is obviously far more likely in international adoption, but not limited to it. The language difference is also a factor, in that the father may not be able to communicate with his son in the future. Which again, is far more likely in international adoption, but not limited to it.