| We live in a day and age where everything is "now" | | | | sometimes see the pain and suffering around them |
| oriented. Fast food satisfies the "now" of eating. If | | | | and they try to help heal. In and of itself, this is a |
| you need to make a phone call, no more public pay | | | | wonderful advantage for the emergency assistance |
| phones or waiting until you get home - that's what | | | | agencies such as the Red Cross. However, |
| cell phones are for. Laptop computers put the web a | | | | sometimes the most effective way to assist the |
| t your fingertips, virtually anywhere, literally. Want a | | | | children, whether victims of natural disasters or |
| new baby? Buy one from another country. Numerous | | | | otherwise, is by financial support. |
| celebrities and wealthy people have given the | | | | Experts have agreed that at times adoption is not |
| impression of having done exactly that. Are they | | | | the best way to assist these children. While |
| merely influencing another fad or are they sincere? | | | | understanding that many, if not all of the children |
| Celebrities are notorious for their "platforms" of | | | | have been through a severely traumatic experience, |
| self-interest. Campaigning against fur one month and | | | | they feel it would result in more adverse effects on |
| boycotting political parties the next. Is this the next | | | | the children to be removed from familiar surroundings |
| level of fashion statements? | | | | and re-located to a strange, new country. It is best |
| It is necessary at this point to acknowledge that | | | | stated in the words of a spokesperson for an |
| there are two opposing views concerning adoption. | | | | American adoption agency, Childrens Hope |
| The first being the human right of children | | | | International, |
| everywhere to have a family and be surrounded by | | | | "The last thing they need to do is be rushed away to |
| people that love and care for them, which | | | | some foriegn land...We have to think of the child |
| unfortunately is not the case for the greater | | | | first." |
| percentage of children worldwide. The contradiction | | | | Is this the latest dilemma we face today?Are the |
| to this is the belief by a vast majority of people, is | | | | wealthy people and perhaps even the celebrities |
| that money fixes everything, which is of course | | | | searching for short-term satisfaction? Is it an |
| untrue. | | | | over-whelming desire to help, or is it a need to feel |
| Quite frequently, in the aftermath of devastating | | | | needed? Is it truly in the best interests of the |
| hurricanes, earthquakes, and other disasters, many | | | | children? Are they benefiting from these international |
| people feel an overwhelming need to help. They | | | | adoptions? |