What Bon Jovi said about Madonna and her kids was way out of line, as he later came to point out when he said…

“Jon Bon Jovi has apologized to Madonna after wrongly accusing her of exploiting her children by proudly displaying them at movie premieres. The “Livin’ On A Prayer” hitmaker berated the pop superstar for allowing Lourdes, nine, and Rocco, five, to attend public events, advising her to shield them from media intrusion. But the 43-year-old soon realised his mistake after the Material Girl hit back, insisting her children had never attended a single film opening. He says, “I put my foot in my mouth recently with a comment about Madonna. Let me apologise because I don’t know the woman.” However, the rocker continues to express distaste for publicity hungry celebrities: “There are celebrities who will go out of their way to get their picture in the paper and I just think that is a load of rubbish.”

The point is, none of us “know the woman”…I, for one, am tired of people judging her parenting skills. Celebs can’t win. If they are frequently photographed with their children then they’re “exploiting or parading them.” If they are seldom photographed with their kids then they’re accused of being “selfish or neglectful parents!

I think Bon Jovi made a good point on her parenting:
“I’ve been in this industry for 22 years and no one has any idea what my four kids look like. I keep my private life private and I always have. You see these people who let their kids become famous for nothing – what’s that all about? She can say what she likes but Madonna takes those kids out to every premiere she ever goes to. These kids have done nothing and yet we all know what they look like? It’s crazy, man, but each to their own. My kids don’t have security guards outside their school because no one knows what they look like. And that’s the way I’m going to keep it.”

One more thing, I am always a little put off by how incredibly photogenic all these recently adopted “celebrity” babies are. Am I alone here? I always wonder what the adopting parents must be thinking while they meet (pick through) the available children to see which is the cutest. Not even the so-called do gooders want a “not so cute as a button” (i hate to say ugly) baby.

Overall though this is a good thing and I’m glad to see people who can afford to actually adopting instead of having to always make a mini me. My DH and I plan to adopt if I ever get the mommy & daddy urge.

“I find it hard to believe no one explained to his father the meaning of adoption.” – This has happened many times over in third world countries. Just because a child is “adopted” does not mean they came from poor decrepit (sp?) backgrounds. It just means an adoption agency managed to pass a baby on to an adoptive parent.

The adoption agency Angelina Jolie adopted Maddox from was shut down not long after due to the babies being obtained through false means. Can you imagine being duped, co-erced or tricked into an adoption scam? Adoption is a beautiful thing, however, like everything else in this world scam artist take advantage. Adoption makes BIG money. Especially in poor countries. And when it’s international adoption the babies are taken out of the country never to be seen again. It’s very sad

I find it hard to believe no one explained to his father the meaning of adoption. Get serious. He couldn’t, and never could take care of David. Someone who abandons their child, for whatever reason, doesn’t deserve to be a parent in the first place. Bravo to Madonna, and I hope things work out for their family.

I’m happy for Madonna and her family and most of all David. Life in an orphange is no kind of life for a child. Some people are saying very mean things about a simple act of love. I think it’s quite ugly to say she adopted this baby for attention or fame. Did she get married for attention or move to England for attention or have her other 2 children for attention? Those were personal choices, just like David’s adoption. He looks happy and beautiful. I think he’s probably the happiest he’s ever been and in a loving home. That is what matters.

I believe that Madonna chose Davie because she wanted another child and felt she was too old to have one herself or didn’t want to go through the hassle of pregnancy and childbirth again or thought another pregnancy would disrupt her lifestyle and carreer or maybe she was afraid, if she got pregnant again, of her baby having Down’s or something. I honestly don’t know but imo Madonna just wanted a kid asap so she went and got herself one.

If she’d truly wanted to help, she could have sponsered the orphanage, visited the children there once a year or so and could have made many poor, abandoned children there very happy. Maybe that would have encouraged her children to ask some questions about the how different their lives are to those less unfortunate. But maybe Madonna doesn’t like to be asked questions?

A boy is well who was sick–he may even be alive when he might have been dead. So far that’s a good thing.

I’ve really enjoyed reading all of the comments associated with this article; very insightful and persuasive points, from both sides.

I’m not really sure how I feel about this situation, as I said, I think people have made some very valid points for and against Madonna’s adoption of David.

To me what’s clear is that: 1.) None of us have all the facts, therefore I don’t think we can really judge. 2.) while I think it’s plausible that David’s biological father may not have fully understood what was happening, I really have my doubts. More likely, the media are spinning stories to sell magazines and newspapers. It may even be possible that he has been paid to make some of these statements. 3.) Just because Madonna has been controversial with her career should have no baring on her family life or her mothering skills; I think they are separate. 4.) David looks healthy and happy, and at the end of the day that’s what is truly important.

Maybe Madonna has made some mistakes with this, who knows? I do believe her intentions were good when she decided to adopt David.

One more thing, it bugs me when people say that Madonna should have opted to give money to David’s father instead. Why? She’s already funded 6 orphanages in Malawi. You know, when you think about what most of us probably make, versus what David’s father brings in, most of us on here could probably give up a few luxuries and donate to families like these. I don’t think it’s fair to single Madonna out just because she’s loaded; loaded is a relative thing. Madonna’s millions don’t obligate her to charity any more than it does the rest of us.

At the end of the day, Madonna has every right to be an adoptive parent. I wish her the best. I’m convinced that David will have more opportunities and greater choices in life by being placed with her and Guy. If David’s father gives his blessing, which appears to be the case, then the rest of us need to accept it and move on…

the way madonna talked about david with her children made me think, “most people buy their children a dog but madonna got hers a boy.” i found the whole interview disgusting…but yet every word was humorous with her incredibly phony accent.

i may not be a fan of madonna but i still support her in her decision. David’s dad wasn’t able to feed him. he was living in an orphanage and his dad never visit him once. i agree nobody knows what the adoption process was. If this was Brad and Angelina adopting David then people would say oh good for them they adopting another baby and they are just in the media as much as madonna. Also the media has a way of twisting things for money. even newspaper are all gossip. CNN, today show all these shows that are suppose to have true fact focus on gossip now. it just horrible how the media has become