Feb 13, 2013
“Newborn” photos of an adopted 13-year-old are both hilarious and sweet
A couple of years ago, photographer Kelli Higgins and her husband adopted a 10-year-old boy. Recently, as she was preparing for a photo shoot of a newborn, the boy expressed some disappointment that they didn’t have any baby pictures of him.
So Kelli and her son went to her studio and took care of that lack…
Here’s my sweet not so little Newborn! His name is Latrell and he weighs 112 lbs.
In addition to being extremely amusing, as the pictures go viral, they are raising awareness and hopefully interest in adopting older children.
(via PetaPixel)
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Adoption is the greatest gift a child can receive. I bet they had fun with this, and I am glad they have semi-baby pictures of him.
adoption **is not** the greatest gift a child can receive. Adoption=loss. If a child is adopted, then it means the child first had to lose their parents. HOW is that the greatest gift one can receive?
If a child is up for adoption, then adoption is the greatest gift. Much better than being an orphan. I see what you are saying, but it was kinda silly. And yes, I was adopted.
You are right. Loss is terrible. But when one combats that loss with love, it is a gift. And maybe I should have worded it to say, adoption is the greatest gift an orphan can receive.
Adoption is never a gift. Adoption is a solution. Calling adoption a gift lends to the analogy that the adoptee should be “grateful.” Any train of thought in this line is wrong and should be avoided. Adoptees have enough subconscious garbage to filter through without having to deal with the whole “you should feel grateful” concept.
**Whatever** the reason a child is adopted, it first came through loss.
What is the true problem you are speaking about? The loss, the pressure to be grateful, or the fact that I called it a gift?
Or all of the above?
I don’t give gifts so that people are grateful. And calling it a gift does not lend to that analogy. Sheesh, didn’t you watch that Boy Meets World episode? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4H9a-72-24 Here, I’ll sum it up for you in the words of Mr. Feeny. “A true gift is given with no expectation.”
And you are generalizing an entire population based on nonfactual assumptions that you have about them. Any train of thought in this line is wrong and should be avoided. Some, yes, may have psychological damage. And who doesn’t? But the boy pictured above is well-adjusted and appears happy with his adopted family.
If loss is your problem, then oh well. Adoption does not equal loss. Life=loss. It happens. We can’t control it. I bet many orphans just want to have a family, despite what happened. My dad died and my mother never remarried. I didn’t pine away with my “subconscious garbage” pushing away gifts because people expected gratefulness from me. I would have loved to have had a father growing up.
Adoption can mean the child lost his or her parents, or that instead of parents they were merely genetic donors, in which case, being given up to be adopted by people who wanted to be PARENTS is a far better thing than a childhood of neglect and/or abuse at the hands of the sperm and egg donors.
Wow, I get playing the devils advocate but this is like troll level 100 of remarks. It’s like saying what about all the good Hitler did?
I think this is cute and I do think it will help raise awareness. Adoption has a stigma about it I never understood. People would rather picket in front of a Planned Parenthood than adopt the ones that are in the world.
You’re an idiot.
Hahaha! That’s fantastic!
I wish I’d have thought of that when we adopted our ten and four year old “babies”! :)
This is the sweetest thing ever!
Oh my goodness! This is wonderful!
So cute!!!
Fantastic! That kid must have a great sense of humour!
That is AWESOME, PRECIOUS and WONDERFUL!!! Loved the pics!!
What a great kid!!! Lucky boy – lucky parents – lucky family!!
This is absolutely awesome. Our son was 7 when we brought him home and I wish we had some baby photos of him! I love the fact that your son was willing to do those pictures. I LOVE the pictures! Congratulations to a wonderful family!
Oh geez! You’re sure that boy did that voluntarily? That is one well adjusted young man!
White folks do the craziest things! Just when you think that you have heard it all. This is absolutely ridicilous. It’s wonderful that this young man and his sister have a loving home however when I see things such as this I know that black children should not be placed in white homes. The way that we raise children and the cultures are totally different I don’t care what anyone says.
Where does it say that this child was placed with a white family. And why should it matter if an African American is placed with a white family and vice-versa. As long as the child is loves and taken care of it should not matter. I understand about the different cultures and such, but if a family is willing and able to take in a child of a different race, they are probably more than willing to learn about the native culture of that child. Would you say this about a child of mixed race? Where would you say they belong?
Native culture? If the child is American she is raised in the American culture, isn’t she? After all, “African Americans” have been there since the beginning, so why should the color matter?
Isn’t it better for kids just to have a loving home at all?
Hey numbnuts Dontae: who said the parents are white?? Please be careful, your prejudice is showing. And for the record, HE wanted these photos done, not the parents. Mom went along because her son wanted this.
You do realize that you aren’t born with a culture, right? “Your culture” is a broad definition of the environment in which you are raised and the attitudes and morays you adopt, not the color of your skin or your genetic history.
Hahahahaaa – awesome. Great sense of humor.
Ohhhh looking very innocent…
and honestly, what a beautiful boy he is
This is the most beautiful posting I have come across thus yet. <3
Adoption IS a gift. I was adopted. I was a gift to my parents who wanted a girl of there own. They were a gift to me. A gift does leave the idea that you should be grateful. I am grateful for them, they are grateful for me.