Some media accounts have implied that wealthy celebrities use their fame and money to adopt any kid they want to as fast as they want to. Even the Los Angeles Times published an infamous article entitled “Shopping for Children the Brangelina Way”. (See families.com’s Rachel Whitmire’s blog about this by clicking here.) When actress Angelina Jolie adopted her fourth child in March, questions flew fast and furious about the seeming speediness of the adoption. The June issue of Adoptive Families magazine interviewed Heidi Gonzalez, the Vietnam program coordinator for the Pennsylvania-based adoption agency Adoptions from the Heart. According to the … Continue reading →