Yes but that doesn't mean that every celebrity has to be a face for a cause. Not everyone wants to parade their kids for the world. People bash Jenny McCarthy for talking about what worked for her child. Sure it won't work for every Autistic child because no 2 cases are alike. They simply don't know enough about it at this time in history. So she went public and tried to help by doing what she believed and what worked for her child and people still have a problem. I personally would never discuss my children's anything publicly. Our private lives are simply nobody's business. YMMV.
I agree. I was pointing out that the Stallones had been very public, not private, about their child's struggles with autism. I don't think anyone owes it to the world to make their child a poster child for some cause.
It's off the subject, yet related to our adoption. We dealt with infertility for years. In that time, we were in a support group and held a leadership position there. Our group sponsored national conferences and I spoke at some. I was on TV, etc. I did what I could to bring public awareness, etc. DH and I joked that we were the poster children for infertility. When we decided to adopt, I just wanted to be a mother.
I'd seen what a relative had gone through when they adopted an Asian child. He was obviously adopted, as he was Asian and they were not. Aside from the sometimes rude remarks, even the most well-meaning individuals constantly stopped to ask her questions. "Where did he come from? Was he really an orphan? Did you get to pick him out? Does he know his real parents? How much did it cost to get him?" He might as well have had "ADOPTED BABY" written on his forehead.
After dealing with infertility for so many years, I didn't want to "educate" people any more unless I felt the urge. I didn't want to go to the grocery store and be stopped five times to give details of what I considered to be a private matter. I didn't want my child subject to the questions and (yes) stares and comments of strangers. I'm the sort of person who does NOT handle that well and could not let it roll off my back. We decided that adopting a Caucasian child was best. We weren't going to hide the adoption, but I didn't want it to be the FIRST thing people noticed about my daughter, the way it was about my relative's child. I wanted them to get to know her for herself first, not her as "the adopted child from ______."
It was as simple as wanting to be able to go to the store, park, mall, etc. and just enjoy our time together instead of being asked Jerry Springer-like questions. Because that's what our society had devolved into. Too many people think they have the right to ask ANYTHING and that they deserve an answer. I didn't want my child to be the poster child for adoption. As you get older, it's no fun to have people ask nosey questions about your adoption as if you were an object.
So I completely understand the desire for privacy.