The ratings hit 'With open arms', presented by Natasja Froger, has shaken up the discussion about adoption.
It is really time to take a close look at the institute of intercountry adoption and start thinking seriously about alternatives, such as sustainable foster parent care in the country itself.
Foreign adoption is a self-perpetuating phenomenon that must disappear to prevent further suffering for parents and children. There is suffering with the parents of the children who have been put up for adoption. The grief of having to give up your child is indescribable. It becomes even more distressing if, as in some of the cases, this was not done voluntarily.
It is also a laborious process for adoptive parents, as the Flemish writer Benno Barnard explains in great detail. He drew the ire of many on his neck in February of this year with the publication of his piece: 'Don't Adoption'.
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