The Woody Allen Controversy Reader: A Closer Look At Mia Farrow’s Adoption Addiction (Or, The Perils of Using Adoption as an Emotional Salve)

“I don’t know if you know anything about my family, but they are drawn from a large number of countries, and different cities. Most of us are not related by blood, but by love, and the deepest commitment. So when we hear of children, wherever they are – when there is suffering, they are members of our family.” — Mia Farrow, 2013.

“Mia was always very strong-willed. When she was in a bad mood, we’d call that side of her personality ‘Mildred.’ Once, when we were on a boat going somewhere, I said: ‘Let’s throw Mildred overboard.’ Mildred drowned, but the stubbornness remained. You know, I think Mildred is what got her through life.” — Maureen O’Sullivan (Mia Farrow’s mother), 1979.

Mia Farrow has had, to date, 14 children — four biological and ten adopted.

If you simply want a quick reference list of them all, you can find it here. If you would like more detail as to events surrounding Farrow’s desire and motivations for her large family, as well as the nature of her relationship with her children and Woody Allen, read on…

Mensen Bizarre wending in het adoptieverhaal van Kevin (19) in Spoorloos

Bizarre wending in het adoptieverhaal van Kevin (19) in Spoorloos

Kevin (19) was twee jaar oud toen hij door zijn Nederlandse ouders werd geadopteerd. Hij heeft een Roemeense moeder en had begrepen dat zij hem had ‘gedumpt’. Maar dat verhaal blijkt héél anders te liggen…

De enthousiaste autoverkoper én vlogger reist met presentatrice Jetske naar zijn geboorteland om zijn familie te ontmoeten en komt erachter dat zijn moeder hem helemaal niet kwijt wilde.

Kevin, die in Roemenië Atilla heette, blijkt te zijn afgepakt. Toen de drie weken oude Kevin met een longontsteking in het ziekenhuis belandde, eiste de arts zijn geboortepapieren ‘omdat Atilla geen vader had’. Vervolgens werd hij bij zijn moeder weggehaald en heeft ze hem nooit meer gezien. “De arts heeft er geld voor gekregen en zo zijn we Atilla kwijtgeraakt”, vertelt Kevins halfbroer.

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The issue came to light when Padmini’s husband, Yogesh Kumar lodged a complaint at the Kilapuk police station when he turned suspicious over his wife.

The issue came to light when Padmini’s husband, Yogesh Kumar lodged a complaint at the Kilapuk police station when he turned suspicious over his wife.

Chennai: The child trafficking wing of the central crime branch (CCB) on Tuesday took the parents and the baby allegedly kidnapped from Uttar Pradesh and sold to a lawyer’s wife in Chetpet for Rs 50,000, to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) to perform DNA tests on them to confirm the biological parents of the kidnapped child.

The couple, Amit Sharma (33) and his wife Jaya Sharma (29) hailing from Shahdara in New Delhi allegedly sold the baby with the help of another couple, Komal Varma (33) and her husband Ricky Varma (33) of Ghaziabad, who had kidnapped the child in Delhi and sold it to one Padmini, a resident of Chetpet. She had paid them Rs 50,000.

Both the couples were held by the anti-child trafficking unit of the city police at the Egmore railway station following investigation into the case of a woman who faked her pregnancy.

With officials trying hard to ensure that adopted children do not fall in the hands of abusers, the process of adopting a child is strict.

Children above six years are sent to a foster parent, who can be a relative or a registered parent and are given time to adjust to the house and the family. (Representational Image)

Children above six years are sent to a foster parent, who can be a relative or a registered parent and are given time to adjust to the house and the family. (Representational Image)

Hyderabad: The lack of a foster care system in India despite having laws in place is saddening, say adoption care officials.

“The problem is the lack of sensitisation regarding foster care. Children above six years are sent to a foster parent, who can be a relative or a registered parent and are given time to adjust to the house and the family.

At first sight, you may assume that the Santhawanam Charitable Trust in Kottayam is an orphanage or even a rehabilitation centre for women and children. Housing about 90 orphans, abused young mothers, and elderly abandoned women, what Santhawanam is, is a home for those who have nobody, asserts Annie Babu, its founder.

The 61-year-old opened her doors to orphaned children and distressed women in 2007 after an incident that changed both Annie and her husband’s life, forever.

Having always been drawn to social welfare and helping those who were downtrodden, Annie had spent her adulthood volunteering at Thanal, a charitable body for downtrodden and distraught women, which eventually led to her becoming the secretary of the organisation.

Children of Santhwanam. Source: Facebook.

At one point, the lack of space and inadequate funds to accommodate more people left Annie with no option other than to refuse shelter to many of them. Unfortunately, she later found out that two women had committed suicide, and the tragic incident was followed by the brutal murder of a woman by her alcoholic husband.

A couple find the daughter they dreamt of, as a woman goes in search of her past

Antoinette Sinnas brings out the beauty of giving an orphan a ray of hope, an abundance of love and a sense of belonging. Fiona and Dave Anastasi have just adopted Nina from India and given new life to a child who would have otherwise probably spent her days cooped up in a cot in squalid conditions. In so doing, they have also given new meaning to their own life…

Fiona and Dave Anastasi’s road to becoming parents began seven-and-a-half years ago, just after they got married. Having tried to conceive for years, their hopes began to plummet. The next step was to explore the option of IVF.

Having always wanted to adopt a child after having kids of their own, Fiona and Dave decided to pursue the adoption process simultaneously. They hoped both would have a positive outcome one day and were optimistic.

But with every passing treatment and every passing year, the couple’s optimism turned into heartbreak, especially for Fiona. A shadow of bitterness began creeping over her after she underwent four IVF sessions and had multiple miscarriages.

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KOTA: Child Welfare Committee (CWC) on Saturday, in compliance with the order by Rajasthan High Court, sealed the headquarters of Emmanuel Society in Dadwada area of Kota city.

A single bench of Rajasthan High Court, comprising Justice S P Sharma on Wednesday this week, while dismissing the two petitions by the Emmanuel Orphanage Society and school challenging the ceiling and seizure of its office and computers by CWC, ordered to seal its headquarters and to shift the children staying in orphanages to government-run homes.

CWC in compliance with the order by high court sealed the headquarter of Emmanuel Society in Dadwada area of Kota city and also its branch offices, CWC chairman Harish Gurubakshani told.

The management, without getting its orphanage registered in Juvenile Justice Act had run orphanage where around 500 to 600 children were reported to be staying. Later, in order to avoid action, the management set up Jeevan Asha hostel and by fabricating fake identify and other documents of the children, shifted them to the hostel, he added.

As per the order by the high court, the children of the hostel would be shifted to other government run homes within a couple of days, he said adding CWC would now collect the papers and other relevant documents from its headquarter and following investigation of the same would submit its report.

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