I just saw a show about milionaires, and Csey Johnson wa son it, debuting her “new” adopted daughter. The girl flinched everytime the flash from the paparazzi went of and kept clinging to her neck and she kept saying “Look here,look here”. UNBELIEVABLE!!!! That child was clearly disturbed by the media, yet she was paraded by her own “mother” ( if you can call her that- I really have a problem with that. After the pictures, the child was handed off and not be seen in her mothers arm again!!!! She definitely adopted because it is “in”. If you truly want to be a mother and adopt, YOU PUT THE CHILD FIRST and definitely not in the spotlight, which was very hard on that poor baby girl!!!!

How can anyone say that she is doing it to be “fashionable.” She nevers mentions why. How judgmental! I am not her ob-gyn, don’t know the nature of her trip to Cambodia,and thus cannot comment on her motivation for adopting–neither can any of you.

The adoption process is expensive because you cannot have a free market for children. Period. There must be extensive investigation into the adoptive parents and child. Don’t you want to ensure that you are adopting from a country where there is minimal risk of human trafficking? Cheap adoptions tend to occur in places where children are frequently kidnapped from their families, and there is illegal trafficking. You are not “helping” a child, simply by adopting him or her if she was kidnapped from his or her family. As difficult as it is for Americans to understand, you are not “saving the world” by raising babies from a different country. There are plenty of capable parents, who happen to also be poor, whose rights should be protected. That is why adoption is so expensive.

Casey johnson works as a philanthropist.So it is not shocking she would choose to adopt a child.And she has diabetes so tis may make it difficult 4 her to concieve.We should not b so quick to judge her doesnt every expectant mother like picking out clothes 2 drees their baby in.If anythinhg we should b admiring her she could just sit around living off her families money but she doesnt her job is to give people the help they really need .

I never heard of Casey Johnson before coming across an article online about her adopting from Kazakhstan. As a “young” adoptive mother (I was 25 when we adopted our daughter from Kazakhstan), I have to say that it’s not an easy process. If she did indeed go through the mounds of paperwork and 6 1/2 week stay in Kazakhstan required to complete an adoption there, perhaps she is serious about motherhood.

Again, I don’t know much about her but wish any fellow adoptive mom the best. And best of luck to those who are looking into adoption (both international and domestic). I can’t imagine life without my two internationally adopted daughters- I’m thankful for them every day.

-E

Out of curiosity, would it be cheaper to adopt in the US? There are plenty of children here who need homes as well.

It’s nice she’s adopting a baby, but if he’s as spoiled as you say, those kids will probably end up being put away at a boarding school once they get past the cute stage (at what the age of 3 or 4?), and then 25-30 yrs from now write a “Mommy Dearest..”-type book.

Anyway, is it just me or does something about Casey’s face and hair remind one of a young Tammy Faye Bakker? (Still though even Tammy Faye had to actually go through the pains of birth and/or a c-section for her kids, with her son Jay being born whilst her husband was on TV, unlike Casey so far with picking out her kids.)

Jumping to conclusions! Give her the benefit of the doubt. Regardless of what she appears to be, she is helping a child. I’m applauding her for not being another heiress who’s known for being in clubs all the time, and not being perceived as spending daddy’s money. To say that she veiws an adopted child as “the must have accessory” based on the fact that she’s excited to be buying cute baby clothes is completly unfair- every womasn i’ve ever known who has their first child is excited to be able to buy them cute clothes! She most likely didn’t mean that in a negative way.

I know who she is because she was on the tv, uhh maybe last year, and it was some lame celeb show, and she was on it to show them her house and how many designer bags and shoes she has, and trust me she had a LOT! I was like, what do you need to many shoes for, it was like 200 or something!!?!

My personal opinion is that she is doing it to be fashionable. Why else would she look in Cambodia first unless she was doing it to be like Angelina? Everything I have ever heard about this girl is that she is spoiled and parties all the time. The only money she has is family money and does nothing for herself. I have no doubt that this child will be raised by nannies.

Sorry if that sounds harsh but that’s how I feel.

From what I have heard of Casey Johnson, she is a Paris Hilton type of heiress (well not quite as scandalous)…

I do worry that there is a trend starting amongst some of these “celebutants” with babies as an accessory like the chihuahuas trend of a few years ago or something…

I wish Miss Johnson the best of luck in finalizing her adoption and hope that she is truly ready to tackle the ultimate responsibilities of parenting!