tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572150996658439910.post5246542241696695207..comments2023-03-29T03:34:50.151-07:00Comments on Finding Lauren - Our India Adoption Story: Slumdog MillionaireBrad and Renaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06731095690133052906noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572150996658439910.post-65547429058789380202013-01-12T20:50:09.123-08:002013-01-12T20:50:09.123-08:00I only watched part of the movie, but I'm supe...I only watched part of the movie, but I'm super-sensitive. I had to turn it off. It's harder for me to see things in movie-form, where I can do nothing to help, than it is for me to see things in real life, where I can possibly help in some way. Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04455698547207302964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572150996658439910.post-4807206419922437322013-01-10T09:19:20.027-08:002013-01-10T09:19:20.027-08:00Nancy-
Totally agree. I think it was such a commo...Nancy-<br />Totally agree. I think it was such a common question about whether I saw the movie by "the world" around me here at home from folks with no education on matters of adoption or poverty that I felt compelled at some point to see what the movie was about. Now I'm glad I can respond how India is so much more than this movie shows. I'm not sure how I will talk to Lauren about the realities of children begging or other challenges in India, similarly to the challenges that happen here at home with killings, etc - I pray that a LONG way off in the future when the time comes and when she asks, that God will give me all the words to say so she knows she is loved and chosen just for who she is. Brad and Renaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06731095690133052906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572150996658439910.post-68484533242124328132013-01-09T21:11:35.057-08:002013-01-09T21:11:35.057-08:00Hello Renea,
My husband and I are hoping to adopt ...Hello Renea,<br />My husband and I are hoping to adopt from India in the near future. We could definitely use some help and would appreciate any all information we can gather. I am not able to find your e-mail address and for some reason it will not let me follow your blog. Not sure if I am doing things correctly. My e-mail is dskartvedt@yahoo.com if you can e-mail me information about BAT. I will go in to greater detail with my questions. I have been enjoying reading your blog and it gives me so much hope! <br />DanelleAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523869069199430279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572150996658439910.post-6083107706679667372013-01-09T15:31:24.072-08:002013-01-09T15:31:24.072-08:00This movie is a good piece of storytelling, and li...This movie is a good piece of storytelling, and like most stories, it has it's own contained/particular point of view. We will watch LOTS of other Indian movies before our kids are old enough to watch this movie. I agree that it would be awkward to bring up this movie while in-country, just as it would be odd for someone to base their impressions of America on one movie that depicts a painful part of our country's life (Missisippi Burning comes to mind).<br /><br />I think it's important to share information in age-appropriate ways. Just as we "screen" information about things that happen in the US, such as child abuse or human trafficking or mass shootings, we will also work hard to share difficult information with our kids about some of the realities of our girls' birth country. We will share them, but we will also share many other facets of history, culture and modern life. And the people we know in real life who are Indian-American (one of my doctors, parents & kids at our school) bear no resemblance to the characters in this movie! But they will find out somehow, and I'd rather have them hear it from us.<br />NancyPeter and Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10329947206142706470noreply@blogger.com