CUTIE ALERT! INTRODUCING JACKSON THERON
Charlize Theron’s son Jackson,4 months, made his debut in Los Angeles, California on Monday, May 7, 2012. The little tot stayed close to mom as paparazzi cameras flashed around him.
Theron recently told Vogue magazine that she enjoys motherhood. “I’ve always been very honest in saying I wanted a family,” Theron states, “I’ve always known I wanted a family. I don’t think my mom could wait [for grandchildren] any more!”
Among the numerous attributes Charlize hopes to instill in Jackson, independence is number one. “My mom has made it possible for me to be who I am,” Theron says, “Her greatest skill was encouraging me to find my own person and own independence.”
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Statistics show that more white families famous & non famous open their homes up to black children more then black families in this country do. So that brings me to the question as to why some of you are hating on her for seeing a child in need or just wanting a child to love. Why does it have to always be a color issue when alot of “White” celebraties adopt black children? I’m sure you all know that white children are almost non exsistent in ophanages unless they are in european countries. A lot of you would have a lot to say if a white celeb or person in general was to state that they wouldn’t adopt a black child. The child she adopted deserves to have a parent that will love & take care of him/her & not have the public rant & rave over something as stupid as this. People please use the common sense you were born with. No matter if the child is black or white he or she is a human being.
Congrats to Charlize, she’s made South Africa proud. Jackson looks like he could be Louis Bollock’s little brother.
Dang another white lady adopted a black baby.What is up with these people?Well at least he’s kinda cute.I hope they know this is a forever thing!
I know, and as long as the single mom has money it doesn’t matter if a significant male role model is in the picture or not to help with the rearing.
These babies must all get adopted from the same place…the pre-K “School of Hard Knocks.” It’s a hard Knock life unless a Savior scoops you up.
He looks no where near rough. I could just eat him up!!! So adorable
He looks like the first sentence out of his mouth will be “What you talkin’ bout, Willis?
Lol! For some reason, he puts me in mind of Al Green!
LOL! Now that you mention it, PlainMean he does.
I wish this would disappear: “Well, if we don’t want them…” It is not as simple as that. African-American children may make up the majority of foster care, but I just LOVE how it’s conveniently left out that AA’s have lower rates of mistreatment of children versus whites, that hospitals over report the abuse of AA children versus White children, that claims of AA children being abused are more likely to be substantiated than white children (so though AA kids may be in foster care, their white counter parts are most likely being abused at home), and that black children stay longer in foster care then white children and have less of a chance of reunification.
Aww beautiful baby. Im soooo glad she adopted him. And i hope more celebrities adopt more black babies!! get all those poor babies out of the system people!!!!
Absolutely adorable little boy, poor baby had all those flashes in his face awww!
OMG people it’s about Jackson who cares who adopted him DAMN! Baby Jackson is a cutie and he favors Louis!
http://www.mendeley.com/research/iq-test-performance-black-children-adopted-white-families/
He is fortunate to have escaped the system and was placed for private adoption.
Mean mugging just like Louis does, haha.
Jackson looks a little scared, poor baby.
How can anyone say that making an 18 year or more commitment to raising a child is a fad?
If we as Black people don’t want someone like Charlize Theron who is a white South Afrikaner to adopt our children then the solution is simple…we need to shut up and adopt.
Beautiful babies like Jackson wouldn’t be in the system if we as a people would step up. I bet all of us know at least one family that has had their kids taken away and put into the system.
My mum told me about a pastor she heard about when she was young who adopted a couple of Black boys and encouraged his parishnors and members of other Black churches to do the same. I wonder what happened to him?
Large amounts of Black children remaining in the foster care system of America, has less to do with Black people not wanting them and more to do with Black children being at a serious disadvantage to white children in everything including the foster care system. There are more white children that enter foster care but Black children have less of a chance of being reunited with their parents then white children do.
I wish some of my childrens biological families would WANT to be involved but not one single family member of six kids want anything to do with them. I have also given the birth parents (when I have access) the option of staying involved in their lives but nope. its heartbreaking. I do want my kids to know where they came from / family.
Family reunification is supposed to be the #1 goal of foster care. Putting that aside and assuming that family reunification in not in the best interst of the child; do you know that…
To get kids out of foster care and into families; states offer for hard placements (like siblings), children of color, older overlooked children, and special needs children like my niece who was HIV+ at birth (she is HIV- now, babies of HIV+ mothers often pop positive at birth);
Financial assistance to age 18 (life for special needs), free medical care through college, and college assistance.
This is like the kazillion posting about interacial adopting I have seen since coming to BCK and it eventually comes down to how Blacks cannot afford to adopt the way whites can and how whites don’t adopt via foster care. Do you think that wealthy Blacks adopt via foster care either?
If my brother hadn’t been wealthy; my niece would have been with a white family right now.
Blacks need to get out and adopt, use the system, think of it as your 40 acres and mule. Forget about the pretty babies carried on white ladies hips. THEY HAVE A HOME. Adopt the ones that don’t, after all the states are practically paying you to do so.
Please excuse the typos, getting fitted for my graduation dress, mum refuses to let me wear just knickers underneath.
He looks scared but he is a cutie pie!!
He’s a cutie. The papps should back off, you can see how scared he was. Congrats to both. He may just get added to my fav bck boys. Top 4 are filled but he can be #5.
He’s soo adorable.
Let the white celebs adopt them… And single people, and gay couples too! Race, sexual preference, nor marital status should be a factor as long as the person can provide love and a stable environment! However, I denounce the comments that Jackson rivals my Louis! Lol. He’s cute though.
Agree. I say we only get worried if Kim Kardashian shows up w/ a black baby! lol
Oh Lord…not that…pls..I don’t think I can take that on BCK.
The fact that a kid will sleep in a family home tonight, is great. I have nothing against white people adopting black kids(different strokes was my favorite sitcom back in the day, lol). But for these white celebrities, it’s like fashion today, that’s the bottom line.
I don’t care anything about race/color(I’m color blind). Good for you @Mama2MyCrew…your heart is huge. I’m sure there are beautiful , sick, premature, crack addicted, abandoned babies of all races/colors that need a home, love, and medical care. You’re such a great person. You should help all the little ones. God bless you.
As a white mom of SIX black kids, I find the comment “wow it must be a trend’ sort of offensive. I have adopted six beautiful , sick, premature, crack addicted, abandoned babies..because they need a home, love and medical care..NOT because i think its trendy. it is 2012, stop caring about peoples race or their kids race..and focus on whats important..that this woman has opened her heart to a orphaned child.
These kind of people can’t be pleased! They won’t/don’t adopt or help these children, yet they complain when someone else does. Spend your energy on your deserving children and not this negative ignorance!
If you knew anything adoptive agencies make it more harder for blacks to adopt because if you’re a single black woman average working, they’ll tell you umpteen reason why the baby needs two parents even though you may have other family members who are willing to help. But if your a RICH SINGLE WHITE WOMAN THEY PASS THEM OUT LIKE CANDY. I know I worked for one, ask me am I lying LOL!!! Ask yourself how come they don’t adopt the umpteen million older black kids (10 and up) that are wasting away?
You’re not lying. Its about supply and demand and yes, it will become harder and harder if you are not of the wealthy, elite type due to this new shift in adoptive parent preferences. I worked at an agency too, so I know.
May God bless you for the love, selflessness, joy & help you are providing these children. It doesn’t matter to me if they are all black, white or a rainbow, I, for one, am glad they don’t have to go through the hand they were dealt alone. Thank you for giving that to them.
Love the name Mama2MyCrew……God bless you and your crew!!!!
1. Good for you for adopting
2. So what that it’s 2012. Race still matters and will for a while, so I wish people would stop with the “stop worrying about race” comments, because it’s not going to happen.
Hmmmmm – Have to wonder though – are you from a state that provides financial gains for adopting your six beautiful , sick, premature, crack addicted, abandoned babies? In many northeast states, adoptive folk are paid almost triple what families receive for “normal” babies, plus the benefit of Medicaid for life along with SSI to boot if they’ve declared disabled before the age of 18! As I said…., Hmmmmm.
no, my kids are adopted not foster kids..*I* pay their medical bills. I am in Florida, they don’t give a crap about kids. I have NEVER received a dime of help for any of my children (biological and adopted) Thats an asinine thing to assume..adopting is far from foster care. I wish more people would adopt kids, we have an over abundance of orphans in this country.
Lots of states pay for “adoptees” until they are 18 thanks to federal money set aside for such. These children also receive the medical & SSA benefits until that age, & when they are disabled before 18, they get it into perpetuity. Not asinine sweetie – just the facts – it’s actually a law passed 3 decades ago & called The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (Oh, & it’s still in effect TODAY – check with a state legislator near you bc many time folks don’t inquire, don’t have a caseworker committed to set it up, & miss this FEDERAL boat that’s administered by the states…EVEN FLORIDA). So apparently, YOU would be the “asinine” one since you don’t know what’s out there for your beautiful, sick, premature, crack addicted, abandoned babies. And let me give you a hint, it sounds pretty crappy to hear you refer to your children as this collective, so just say beautiful next time….you might REALLY sound like a mother.
Woww – In SPITE of your use of the word “asinine” I’m going to educate you anyway. Plenty of states provide financial and medical benefit incentive for ADOPTED children through a FEDERAL provision called The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare
Act of 1980 that is administered by EVERY state, and unless FL defected from the USA unbeknownst to the authorities, it is there as well. Perhaps in the midst of deciding to categorize your children as six beautiful, sick, premature, crack addicted, and abandoned babies (which sounds horrible by the way), you neglected to know the resources afforded to your “adoptees” and have any case worker who was professional enough to also KNOW & set those wheels in motion for you. So, EDUCATE yourself, and hopefully work now to see if you can provide assistance to your crew retroactively – HAVE A HAPPY, yet possibly “asinine” day!
PS – Whether you receive a dime of help for your biological children is entirely connected to YOUR choice of a father for them, so I don’t know of a provision that can assist you in that aside from common sense. SMOOTCHES!
Kudos to you for adopting six children who might otherwise not have a forever family. Now moving on, maybe you are doing yourself and the children a financial disservice by not availing yourself of the programs that are available for your children.
Six of your children were premature drug addicted babies that means that they were AUTOMATICALLY considered disabled at birth. That means they should have been receiving SSI until their circumstances changed.
If you or your mate had private insurance yes you could pay to put them on your policy BUT your children even after adoption would still qualify for Medicaid or whatever its called in your state. Don’t need the SSI money? Then put it in an account for the children.
Refusing to accept aid on behalf of your kids is not the same as the state not giving a d@mn.
And just in case you think I am to young to know what I am talking about…my parents belive in voulanteering. Every summer for the past four years has been spent in clinics in Africa, the Caribbean and in the US inner city. I have walked plenty of parents (birth, custodial & adoptive) through the SSI, medical and financial assistance programs. I had a mentor that was a pitbull for childrens rights.
WOW…..I guess this is a popular trend. He’s a cute little guy.
Another lucky child saved from the perils and hardships of the Foster Care system where children are moved around like checkers on a board and never know the luxury of having a single home. Now he will have access to the best education and medical care, but more importantly, a home.
Perils of foster care huh? Most children find their first and “forever” family through the foster care system. Most children are not moved around and most have only one foster family. Most children are eventually adopted by their foster families. Most states require permanency within one year…and most kids today do not age out of the system, but are adopted by their foster families.
Where are YOU from? My family fostered in NJ for decades, and MOST kids aged out of the system. We also had several children/families of children who stayed for OVER a year, with many staying for at least 5 years. Also, we hardly EVER had a child where our home was their first home, and often they arrived abused from a temp-try with birth relatives or another foster family. My parents did adopt, but mostly provided a loving foster home for hundreds. I still feel like NJ DYFS owes them a plaque – they spent decades being the only family many of those kids ever knew & ALL of them voluntarily called them Mom & Pop. Drawback – TOO many “siblings” for me to keep track of / thank GOD for Facebook! lol
I’ve been a foster parent for the last 7 years, adopted 4. Times have changed and the new foster care system is not what it used to be. In the past people could scream about the perils of foster care but most of the screams came from people who have not stepped up to foster themselves. The majority of foster parents provide loving homes where children find true families for the first time.
That’s really nice, but maybe I should have mentioned that while my immediate family have stopped fostering, my Aunt (over 15 yrs) & cousin (9 yrs) are STILL fostering, another cousin is an area Director for DYFS (12 yrs), and we adopted ourselves with the same situations I detailed before from a DYFS placement. Of the numerous children that my family-related foster homes involve, only one has been adopted by her “first family” and that is OUR daughter. YOUR times are definitely different, but they don’t speak to the vast majority of children in foster care – check the facts…THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN AGING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM NATIONALLY HAS INCREASED 64% SINCE 1999. That means they aren’t finding “forever families” too quickly. It’s a sad stat that needs to be decreased, but I could not in good conscience allow your statement to fly bc someone might believe you and fail to step up for another child, bc they THINK the system is taking care of the problem without them. I’m about the kids & them getting opportunities. Be blessed! http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/statistics/childwelfare_foster.cfm#state
Louis Part Deux. I swear they look like they came from the same parents.
Just for clarification was Jackson born in America or South Africa?
America
Maybe by adopting a black kid, these white celebrities want to prove that they love black people. So they use the black kid like a toy, that’s fashion today(Madonna, Sandra Bullock, Charlize Theron and so many more). Oh by the way, beautiful boy !!!
Such a hater. Can’t speak for Madonna but Sandra adopted her son after waiting for 4 years. She said color didn’t matter. I don’t see what the problem is. It’s not her fault that their is an overabundance of Afro-American children in US foster care or available for adoption.
Yet if they were only adopting white babies, I am sure people would talk trash about that. You just cant win these days. Be thankful that we have one less orphan in this world.
I don’t see anyone else lining up to adopt them. My whole biological family is white (as am I), but adoption has become a common occurrence in our family in the last 30 years. I’ve gotten 11 cousins (of various races) through it. And every time a family member of mine adopts & doesn’t request any type of racial specifications on the forms, they’ve been given an African-American, Hispanic, or sick/premature child. They are the vast majority of children in the foster care system, so if you don’t specifically ask for a white child, you’re very unlikely to get one.
A child’s a child, or at least that’s how my family looks at it. We’ll take them in white, black, brown, purple & even polka-dot if they need family & a home.
I’m lined up to adopt them. I’m in the adoption process right now & I specifically asked for a black child. I don’t care is it’s a sick/premature/disabled child, however I am bias towards boys.
I’ll be rooting for you Ms. Sherley. Do you want a boy or a girl? My family is Catholic and we will be praying for you.
Boy, boy, boy! Me & a girl…IDK if either of us will survive.
Thank you, I never turn down prayers from good people.
Lots of luck to you, Sherley! I can guarantee that you won’t be disappointed. I adore my adopted cousins & they’re all growing up to be great, healthy young men & women. Things were tough at times (especially with the baby born addicted to heroine & the older ones from foster care), but they’ve got a family who loves & takes proper care of them now & that’s what truly matters in the end.
Thanks Daniella. I hope the same great outcome happens to my household.
@Danielle I think that’s great.
In general, I just wish people would make the distinction between foster care and private domestic adoption, because a lot of these celebrities aren’t adopting directly from foster care, which is what everyone seems to want the public to pat them on the back for. Any adoption is good, don’t get me wrong, but lets be factual. These celebs walking around with babies, did not adopt from the foster care system, because most of those kids are older children and possibly toddlers.
Second, it’s a trend and it’s not a trend when you see a large amount or increasing amount of people adopting from certain places. It’s NOT a trend as in they want to have the newest accessory as some would say, but it’s a trend as in you see potential adoptive parents adopting from countries that have shorter wait times and that are actually open. Yes there were increased applications and adoptions from Ethiopia because China had a three year waiting list, while some parents/singles have been logged in since 2006 and still haven’t been matched with a child. So they switched to a country that had a shorter time frame and less constraints on the parents.
And yes even though you may have to wait some time to find someone who is having a baby, but does not want to keep their baby (god forbid, because even though I support adoption when needed that’s just a terrible situation for anyone to be in), in America, it is a much shorter time period when adopting than other countries, because (if dealing with the first mother, not foster care) most are waiting for the mother to have the baby and then they go to the hospital and if the mother gives a final yes that she wants to give the baby up for adoption, when it’s time for the baby to go home, then the baby goes with the adoptive parents. So that is a great pro with American private adoption.
My brother adopted my niece who WOULD have gone into the foster care system, there were two other BLACK babies with her in the NICU and they went into the foster care system.
My niece just turned one and those two babies are STILL in the foster care system. Their case worker is dating a friend of my brothers best friend.
Jackson is a surname, I have no clue why ppl are using surnames for first names…its crazy.
Are these actresses getting these babies from the same place? Cause they tend to favor………..
Omg I’m in love!! He is just the cutest!!
Happy to finally see the little man he is so cute and from New Orleans just like Little Louie.
He’s from New Orleans? Maybe he & baby Louis will be friends! They got the facial expressions down lol
They do have the same facial expressions
Aww, he is too cute! Louis and Yoby better watch out, Jackson is here to challenge them in the cutest-chocolate-baby-boy-with-a-vanilla-mama-award. LOL.
@BCK- I think he is 4 months, not 4, lol. If he’s 4, he can play Gary Coleman in a biography.
LOL!!!!
OMG!!! He’s so cute. little chocolate drop baby. Look at his face lmao. He’s like “what are those flashing lights!?” She probably should have covered his face b/c little man looks shocked lol.
I think i found another BCK fav
HE IS ONE OF THE PRETTIEST BABIES I HAVE EVER SEEN. GORGEOUS LITTLE BOY
Oh my!! He is a cutie patootie! Congrats to them both.
Okay.. This is for the people that are whining.
#1 – Charlize is from SOuth Africa. Jackson is from South Africa. She did promise Mandela that she would help out with their orphan problem. I guess she kept her word.
#2 – Why because Jackson is black, he is an accessory? Is it difficult for a white person to love a black child? There is an insurmountable amount of Black children that are in foster care or in orphan homes. If Charlize didn’t adopt Jackson, he would be in the system in S.A.
#3 – Live and let live. I am happy that Charlize and others look beyond the stigma and silly whining to adopt these kids and give them a chance to succeed and go back into their communities and contribute. At least that is how Madonna is training David and Mercy and Angie is doing for Maddox, Pax and Zahara!
I thought he was from NOLA – I don’t get it – How’s that helping S.Africa?
He’s from the Pre-K “School Of Hard Knocks”.