AIBU to think that Brangelina should concentrate on enjoying the children they have, not keep adding more every 5 minutes?

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And if I have to read another interview in which she goes on about her blissfully happy life I'm going to throw up...

{envious, moi?}

Good for them, they obviously think they can cope/have enough love for more children so why not?

what about the psychological impact on the children? how much research has been done on the psychological wellbeing of adopted children into large, rapidly growing families?

Surely it's only positive - had you even considered the issues surrounding the adoption of children from the developing world prior to these high-profile adoptions?

I think it can only lead to higher levels of interest, and with higher levels of interest come pressure to bring about more streamlined procedures : win-win?

Actually, it is off topic, but I watched "Juno" recently and got wondering about the adoption process here - maybe more women with unwanted pregnancies would give their babies up for adoption if they could meet and vet the prospective adoptive parents...

"what about the psychological impact on the children? how much research has been done on the psychological wellbeing of adopted children into large, rapidly growing families?"

I am guessing there is a body of research into the effects of growing up in an orphanage though...

Theyu should support some orphanages instead of lavishing cash on one adopting another child

errr i cope and i don't have squillions of pounds to help with that...not family either....having lots of children around dosen't neccessarily mean chaos ya know!

But obviously the more you have the more brain cells you loose as i can't think for the life of me how to spell necc.....today

SHouldn't we all just give money to orphanages rather than having our own children then, following that reasoning??

SHouldn't we all just give money to orphanages rather than having our own children then, following that reasoning??

No snigger that's not what I mean. They could benefit loads of kids rather than just the one they'd chose.

my friend was adopted along with 8 other children, non related, all from different children homes. Without going into great detail, her father was pretty famous in his field and they had plenty of money. She was affected by some things but she thanks god the day they picked her up from the home and gave her some chance at a life

upwind, but brangelina aren't responsible for the psychological and physical wellbeing of children in orphanages - they are responsible for those in their care. I mean, how many is enough/too many?

Maybe they do contribute to orphanages, how would you know?

They certainly left a lot of cash behind in Namibia after the birth of their daughter.

Brangelina are both uber smug.

I think how many is enough is a question every family of every variety must ask itself, and isn't really a matter for external speculation.

snigger - lol at your reply - you're just jealous as you probably only have a mug with brad pitt on it when AJP has the real thing

Bleugh! Brad Pitt - give me Johnny Depp anytime

Nah, I'm a John Cusack girl, myself.

really snigger?

12, 13? 28??

" for strong tea only"

Good for them... surely 2 loving people + staff is better than an orphanage? If they didn't want to give another child in the world love, they wouldn't just for show. No one knows them... yes, they are cheesy-o-rama but aren't doing anything bad or wrong.