Not sure how I feel about this...

IRR

Received an email this evening from our adoption website about a television production company wanting to do a new TV show on the adoption Triad and wanted to know if we have already connected with a BM.  I know I am totally NOT interested in being involved with any reality TV show, but wondering if any of you would be.  I believe they are looking for people in the New York Tri-state area.  If anyone is interested PM me and I will send you the information.  They want to film 4 weeks before and 4 weeks after the birth.

Personally not looking for 15 minutes of fame and would not want to be involved with any reality show.  At first I was angry about the email, but after thinking about it, if someone is into this and could be a good spokesperson for adoption, it may not be a bad thing. 

joyebell

I cant imagine growing up and seeing my own birth and relinquishment on TV. Sad as an adoptee that people would put our's and our mother's pain and loss up as entertainment.

erinmc1

There was a post about this a little while back, and the consensus among most of the women who answered was that they weren't interested, and felt it could be too emotionally damaging to any number of people in the triad.  

 Personally, we thought about it, but only briefly, when we thought they might be showcasing waiting couples to try to help them be matched.  Since they only want the drama associated with the TPR, homecoming, and aftermath, it seems like they're focused on the emotional drama that comes while everyone's still raw, and our agency advised that we'd be hard pressed to find a birthfamily that would be amenable to their decisions AND our reactions to those decisions being nationally televised.

 In concept, I can see how this process might be intriguing to a network, but in reality, there's a lot of opportunity for someone to end up looking REALLY bad because emotions are so high, and I don't think it would benefit the adoption community in the long run.

elissaann26

If there was a way to do a reality type showing to give the world a glimpse into foster parenting, I'd love to do it!  I think so many people don't understand foster parenting (or even how adoption works), so I think it would be great if you could give people a look at what it is really like.

The problem would be protecting the innocence of the children involved.  I'm not honestly sure how to give people the full picture without violating that in some ways. 

In some ways I see my blog as way to help show people at least my story as a foster mom.  It in no way is the complete story, but I feel it is a story that most people haven't ever heard.  My hope is to show a few people what foster parenting really looks like.

caliblondieus

Having been on a national television program for my journey in trying to get pregnant, I can tell you that I probably wouldn't do it again. I had a lot of support but not everyone understands the process and with the Internet today, people can be so cruel. I did it somewhat anonymously (no use of last name) but overall, it was an intrusion that I'm not sure was worth my effort to try to get the story and message out that I wanted to. And it made it to reruns for the summer so it's going to be on again which I'm really not too thrilled about.