I’ve started a collection of stupid things I read concerning adoption. I came across a doozy today in an article that appeared in Parade Magazine about Brad Pitt. Since when are children in the same family listed separately, the bio kids first and then the adopted kids? Isn’t it traditional to list children from oldest to youngest?
Here’s the paragraph:
“Pitt was a big star before he met actress Angelina Jolie on the set of 2005’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith. But as a couple, they are an international phenomenon—photographed, admired, besieged. Their daughter Shiloh was born in 2006. Last year they had twins, Vivienne Marcheline and Knox. They also have three adopted children: Maddox, 8, Pax, 5, and Zahara, 4.” (“Inside the Private World of Brad Pitt,” by Dotson Rader, Parade Magazine, August 9, 2009, p. 4.)
Does this sort of thing bother you? Have you read other statements or comments that minimize the positions of adopted people? If so, please share. I’d like to explore this further.
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