STUCK : Documentary

I normally don't write about movies that I watch or documentaries.  This one though hit me a little hard.  The name of the documentary is called STUCK by Thaddaeus Scheel.  The movie follows three families around the world as they are trying to adopt from different countries.  It discusses and shows their journey over years as they wait to bring their child or children home.  It really makes you think about how much adoption is needed, how many kids are out there in this world just STUCK.   Even here in the United States of America, children are better off because we have foster care and not institutions. However, I know we can go into this discussion all on it's own but my point is that that these other children live in filth, no education, no food, cramped, poverty.  

The main thing that really gets me isn't just the fact that their own government is now making it hard for us to adopt these children but the financial cost of adoption.  This doesn't just involve adopting children from out of country but also here in America.  As many as you know we choose to adopt two wonderful children and the amount of money that we had to pay agency costs, government fees, lawyer fees, court fees, application fees, etc..!  For the common middle class family adoption is almost not even an option unless you can figure a way to raise money.  We were blessed with donations after I sent a letter sharing our story.   It took us here in America three years to officially call our children ours, we were blessed that they lived in our house whereas people adopting out of country don't have that.  

What I am asking you to do is just to educate yourself on how hard it is too adopt.  Learn about the United States costs and you won't see that much difference to out of country.  It's really sad,  I am hoping the more people that educate themselves the more awareness it brings.

Check out the trailer for STUCK if you have netflix it's free to stream.



Another Great website that I ran into supporting adoption and those families that can't always afford the costs is LivandHope.  I have purchased a couple of their shirts read their about us story.   This family created a t shirt line to help support their funding.
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