No one adopts a child as a fashion accessory. If Madonna wishes to adopt a child anywhere in the whole wide world, then more power to her — she is in the enviable position of having the resources to do so, and the child she chooses to adopt will be very lucky. I know nothing about her mothering skills, but I’m willing to give her credit that she’s probably a pretty good one. She’s worked for her money, and has earned the right to spend it where she wants, and all the second-guessing in the world is just wealth envy. Yes, the wealthy can cut corners. That, by the way, is one of the reason people WANT to be wealthy, to make life a little easier. Why make someone who is already well-known to the authorities wait two years to adopt a child? How is that good for the child? It’s not a question of “fairness”.

I will point out that it does not appear that she is the one looking for the publicity, here — this wasn’t a “hey, look at me, what a wonderful person I am”, it’s the papparazzi who have made this an issue. She just wanted to quietly adopt a child. It’s extremely difficult to adopt in the US, so who in their right mind would if they had any other options? She’s wealthy, she has other options. Hey, go for it. Lucky kid!

As far as her adopting goes, all I care about is that the child she adopts is well cared for and loved. Say what you will about her (and I may even agree with you), there’s never been any reports that she doesn’t treat her children well. So I say, whatever. Let her adopt 20 if she wants.

Also, from what I understand, adoptions here in the US are horrendously long, expensive, and full of red tape. Most of the people that I know that have adopted their children have gone abroad. Do you think they did that for humanitarian reasons? Of course not; they did it because it’s next to impossible to adopt here. It’s such a shame.

I think it is great that she is adopting again. Good for her and Wonderful for that little girl.