Apparently NBC doesn’t think the red-head or any of my other wonderful friends who have become moms through adoption are really moms. Instead, they are Non-Mom’s - whatever the heck that means. According to NBC.
According to the peacock here’s how they describe them - Grandparent, stepmom, or mom to adopted children, each one raising and loving a child. A priceless gift for everybody.
Doesn’t sound to bad when you read the description - but who the heck approved the use of the term Non-Mom? I’d love to have sat in on that meeting - didn’t anyone cringe at all? I can see maybe - maybe separating out Grandparents for special recognition, but are they really suggesting that stepmoms and adoptive moms cannot be considered for the other favorite mom categories?
Maybe I’m over-reacting to this a little bit, but it just seems like the media doesn’t really get adoption some times. They always want to set it aside and talk about out how those moms don’t have their “own” kids or how they’ve done some great humanitarian deed. Talk about stigma!!!
I’ll hope back and post something much nicer for REAL Mother’s day this weekend.
Ugh
UPDATE: Apparently tons of angry parents contacted NBC and their sponsors. The site has been updated. Talk about swift response!
Posted on May 9th, 2008 by CJs Daddy
Filed under: Adoption, Thoughts
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