Adopting newborn at 52 years old?

[Anonymous]

I can't believe I went through the 7 pages and not one person corrected the OP, just one person asked after reading it on wikipedia...

Hoda has a partner, they have been together for 6 years now, and He seems as if he is involved in both their children's lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe I went through the 7 pages and not one person corrected the OP, just one person asked after reading it on wikipedia...

Hoda has a partner, they have been together for 6 years now, and He seems as if he is involved in both their children's lives.

The op is over two years old now, and Hoda kept her relationship pretty quiet back then. When she adopted Haley Joy, she was not very public about Joel’s role. She presented it as a single mother adoption. She’s opened up about his presence in her life more recently.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The news broke today that Hoda Kotb from The Today Show has adopted an 8 day old baby. I'm happy for her, but 52 and a single parent seems extremely old and frankly, unfair to the child.

No doubt, her daughter will have a great life with nannies, a nice lifestyle, hopefully a good inheritance. But it does seem awfully old to be starting your family, especially as a single parent where your chlid is left with a guardian if you die. She'll be 70 when her daughter graduates high school.

It's not easy to adopt a healthy infant, so it also feels like her money/fame is making it possible for her to get a child others wouldn't have the same chance at.

Thoughts? Should there be an upper age limit on adopting infants? (There already is with many international adoptions, not sure about domestic/foster care.)

Unfair to the child? BS! I wish she would adopt me! Americans are so damned ageist, especially against women.

Would you rather the little girl have no mother?


Easy for you to say. You're not the little girl who will have a 70 year old mother at her high school graduation.

People -- e.g. married couples -- are standing in line to adopt 8 day old babies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can't believe I went through the 7 pages and not one person corrected the OP, just one person asked after reading it on wikipedia...

Hoda has a partner, they have been together for 6 years now, and He seems as if he is involved in both their children's lives.

The op is over two years old now, and Hoda kept her relationship pretty quiet back then. When she adopted Haley Joy, she was not very public about Joel’s role. She presented it as a single mother adoption. She’s opened up about his presence in her life more recently.

So why aren't they married?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Selfish narcissist rich “elite”. If she cared, which she doesn’t, she’d adopt a grown child.

Well, if they are "grown" than they are not children. Also, not everyone can handle older children adoptions. You know you could adopt a "grown" child too! What is stopping you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe I went through the 7 pages and not one person corrected the OP, just one person asked after reading it on wikipedia...

Hoda has a partner, they have been together for 6 years now, and He seems as if he is involved in both their children's lives.

The op is over two years old now, and Hoda kept her relationship pretty quiet back then. When she adopted Haley Joy, she was not very public about Joel’s role. She presented it as a single mother adoption. She’s opened up about his presence in her life more recently.

So why aren't they married?

DP Why does it matter to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hoda is 52....??!

Wow she looks 35!

Just based on that fact alone then I think adopting a child for her is doable.

Didn't Madonna just adopt two four yr old twins as a single mom?
She is like fifty eight.

Twins=two so therefore you are saying she adopting four, not two. I know it total she adopted four but, you don't need to say two when saying twins. So annoying when people make this mistake.

[Anonymous]

I'm 53 and this is not something I would do at this age. But she's 54 now and she seems like she's handling motherhood well. She's in decent shape and she looks younger than her years. She probably has a lot of help which keeps things manageable, at least at the moment.

Hopefully she has planned well for her (and their) future. When she's 70 she'll have two teens in high school. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can't believe I went through the 7 pages and not one person corrected the OP, just one person asked after reading it on wikipedia...

Hoda has a partner, they have been together for 6 years now, and He seems as if he is involved in both their children's lives.

The op is over two years old now, and Hoda kept her relationship pretty quiet back then. When she adopted Haley Joy, she was not very public about Joel’s role. She presented it as a single mother adoption. She’s opened up about his presence in her life more recently.

So why aren't they married?

Marriage doesn't mean the same thing to everyone. Some people don't want to get married. For some people, it doesn't make financial sense to get married.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow... we are 56 and 59 with adopted 5 and 6 year olds..and we are looking into adopting a 2 year old and her infant sibling.. These are all from the foster system. The way we look at it is that we will give them an incredible loving home. The 2 year old has Cystic fibrosis and will probably not live a long life. Our two older are drug exposed babies.. there are issues.. We love helping them and we feel our love is better than some group home or foster care after foster care.. We have my older daughter 27 in line for our 5 and 6 year old if we pass and our best friend for our new ones.. We are proud to give these children a home. There are issues and believe me.. most people would not take them. And shame on society for that! Most of those on this site that think people are too old or cut it down.. would not take these children into their homes.. because if you are a foster parent or an adoptive parent already.. you would support this.. Prayers to those with huge hearts that are unselfish and will give up their lives for these darlings.. They could be adopted by younger.. but whats to say if it would be better.. the younger generation is questionable these days.. phones in their faces.. etc.. We home school our kids.. the best education out there.. God Bless those over 50 that adopt! You go for it!

This is the only thing that gives me pause. You shouldn't force your daughter to take responsibility for your choice. While I think it is great that you are adopting these children it is your choice and you should fine other arrangements rather than make it your daughter's job. That's not fair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The news broke today that Hoda Kotb from The Today Show has adopted an 8 day old baby. I'm happy for her, but 52 and a single parent seems extremely old and frankly, unfair to the child.

No doubt, her daughter will have a great life with nannies, a nice lifestyle, hopefully a good inheritance. But it does seem awfully old to be starting your family, especially as a single parent where your chlid is left with a guardian if you die. She'll be 70 when her daughter graduates high school.

It's not easy to adopt a healthy infant, so it also feels like her money/fame is making it possible for her to get a child others wouldn't have the same chance at.

Thoughts? Should there be an upper age limit on adopting infants? (There already is with many international adoptions, not sure about domestic/foster care.)

Unfair to the child? BS! I wish she would adopt me! Americans are so damned ageist, especially against women.

Easy for you to say. You're not the little girl who will have a 70 year old mother at her high school graduation.

There are zillions of 70 year old fathers at high school graduations.

Sexist. (And ageist.)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow... we are 56 and 59 with adopted 5 and 6 year olds..and we are looking into adopting a 2 year old and her infant sibling.. These are all from the foster system. The way we look at it is that we will give them an incredible loving home. The 2 year old has Cystic fibrosis and will probably not live a long life. Our two older are drug exposed babies.. there are issues.. We love helping them and we feel our love is better than some group home or foster care after foster care.. We have my older daughter 27 in line for our 5 and 6 year old if we pass and our best friend for our new ones.. We are proud to give these children a home. There are issues and believe me.. most people would not take them. And shame on society for that! Most of those on this site that think people are too old or cut it down.. would not take these children into their homes.. because if you are a foster parent or an adoptive parent already.. you would support this.. Prayers to those with huge hearts that are unselfish and will give up their lives for these darlings.. They could be adopted by younger.. but whats to say if it would be better.. the younger generation is questionable these days.. phones in their faces.. etc.. We home school our kids.. the best education out there.. God Bless those over 50 that adopt! You go for it!

This is the only thing that gives me pause. You shouldn't force your daughter to take responsibility for your choice. While I think it is great that you are adopting these children it is your choice and you should fine other arrangements rather than make it your daughter's job. That's not fair.

You post this being totally ignorant of how the daughter feels about this. Perhaps she volunteered because she loves her siblings?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe I went through the 7 pages and not one person corrected the OP, just one person asked after reading it on wikipedia...

Hoda has a partner, they have been together for 6 years now, and He seems as if he is involved in both their children's lives.

The op is over two years old now, and Hoda kept her relationship pretty quiet back then. When she adopted Haley Joy, she was not very public about Joel’s role. She presented it as a single mother adoption. She’s opened up about his presence in her life more recently.

So why aren't they married?

Not everyone happy together wants to get married. And once you can just pay to manage the other paperwork to reap benefits like coparenting and medical decision-making, there not much non-religious benefit to be had.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow... we are 56 and 59 with adopted 5 and 6 year olds..and we are looking into adopting a 2 year old and her infant sibling.. These are all from the foster system. The way we look at it is that we will give them an incredible loving home. The 2 year old has Cystic fibrosis and will probably not live a long life. Our two older are drug exposed babies.. there are issues.. We love helping them and we feel our love is better than some group home or foster care after foster care.. We have my older daughter 27 in line for our 5 and 6 year old if we pass and our best friend for our new ones.. We are proud to give these children a home. There are issues and believe me.. most people would not take them. And shame on society for that! Most of those on this site that think people are too old or cut it down.. would not take these children into their homes.. because if you are a foster parent or an adoptive parent already.. you would support this.. Prayers to those with huge hearts that are unselfish and will give up their lives for these darlings.. They could be adopted by younger.. but whats to say if it would be better.. the younger generation is questionable these days.. phones in their faces.. etc.. We home school our kids.. the best education out there.. God Bless those over 50 that adopt! You go for it!

This is the only thing that gives me pause. You shouldn't force your daughter to take responsibility for your choice. While I think it is great that you are adopting these children it is your choice and you should fine other arrangements rather than make it your daughter's job. That's not fair.

You post this being totally ignorant of how the daughter feels about this. Perhaps she volunteered because she loves her siblings?

My adopted sister is 25 years younger than me. I’d take her without question. If I had ever felt I couldn’t, I would have told my parents —as I did with my adopted brother. Both have special needs, but one I can manage, the other I can’t. Most families in this situation have multiple conversations about what happens if both parents die.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hoda is 52....??!

Wow she looks 35!

Just based on that fact alone then I think adopting a child for her is doable.

Didn't Madonna just adopt two four yr old twins as a single mom?
She is like fifty eight.

Twins=two so therefore you are saying she adopting four, not two. I know it total she adopted four but, you don't need to say two when saying twins. So annoying when people make this mistake.

PP didn't say anything incorrectly.