Friday, November 9, 2007
Very sad article...
Read HERE at MSNBC about Vietnam encouraging only two children per family and the preference for boys in order to carry on the family lineage. This makes me very sad for our future daughter. I would much rather be able to share with her that her birth parents placed her for adoption due to wanting her to have a life they could not provide. It saddens me to know that this may not be the case. I do know one thing, regardless of the reason, we will love with her with a love like no other. We will NOT allow her to miss out on that.
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April,
This saddens me to the core. When we were in China adopting our first daughter, I can't tell you how many chinese people came up to us and pleaded for us to bring her back when she was an adult. They know that their country will be in grave danger within the next ten years or so. With legal abortion practices in VN....{{{sigh}}} It's just not good.
Kate
April,
While reading the article saddens me, as a Vietnamese I can assure you that your future daughter will almost certainly be given to adoption due to the inability of the parents to take care of her (teenage moms, poor family etc.) It is very unlikely, if not at all possible, that Vietnamese give up their newborns because of the sex preference. In the old days, people seem to be in favor of boys but the tradition has been dying out. None of my friends prefers boys over girls. They love their children as much as any parents should.
I am glad to know this Anonymous. I do want to make sure that you did not take it the wrong way when I said that, regardless of the reason, we will will love her with a love like none other. That is what a parents love is...a love like none other.
I just read this article and wanted to share it. Do you think that the details are false? Do you live in Vietnam and find that this is not the case there or do you live in America and find this is not the case here? I am definitely not trying to argue I would just love to understand. If you had a profile I would email you privately through there. Since you do not, I thought you might come back to see my response? I do not think everything in the news is fact. This article was eye opening. If it is false then I would like to know. The article did seem to point towards this *becoming* more prevelant rather than something that has been happening and dyeing out. I would love to talk with you more. Please email me privately if you would like at smithfamilyadoption[at]gmail.com Thanks!
That breaks my heart... I hope that when I get married someday I'm able to adopt from China and/or Vietnam for just that reason! It saddens me to know that a child maybe given up just because of the fact that they were born the wrong sex.... :( I'm so glad that you and Brandon are adopting! I'm so happy that Baby Marlee's future will be full of love!
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