To adopt a child as a single parent takes guts and only the strongest women who are really independent dare to go it alone, and have spoken on how amazing their experience has been. Other celebrities have been inspired by these single stars and have commented that they might adopt even as a single parent in the future as they believe it’s a good option for them. Inspired by the likes of Sandra Bullock, these 5 stars have all spoken on how they support going it alone when it comes to welcoming an adopted child into their life.
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Aniston would like to have children in the future and is open to adoption, even as a single parent: “I’d love to have children one day. And it’ll happen. I am open to being a single mother, to adopting. I’m just fine with it.”
Sharon Stone
Sharon Stone encourages women to adopt on their own because she believes it is an amazing experience: “It’s not who has you, but who loves you that shapes you as a person. Adoption is very special because spiritually a child chooses you and you choose them.”
Mary-Louise Parker
Mary-Louise may have already been a single mother to her son, but that didn’t stop her from adding to her family by adopting a girl from Africa: “I would daydream about it all the time. I thought about the fact that there were children who didn’t have anything, and I felt like I could help. It was something that weighed on me. It (adopting Aberash) was something I did for the world and for my son and then for me. And when I say the world, I also mean my daughter. Once I knew her, she became part of that. It’s hard raising two kids as a single person, it’s a lot of pressure.”
Kristin Davis
Kristin welcomed a girl named Gemma Rose as a single parent and believes it has been very rewarding: “This is something I have wanted for a very long time. Having this wish come true is even more gratifying than I ever had imagined. I feel so blessed.”
Kristin Chenoweth
Kristin would ideally like to have a partner, but is open to single adoption thanks to Sandra Bullock: “If I were to have a child, I could see myself adopting a child. I’ve always kind of not wanted to do it alone. I’d love to have a partner that I could be a parent with. But I look at Sandy Bullock and I think that’s a great example. At almost age 50 she’s a mama and she has a baby. I can see that in time I could say, ‘I’m going to do that’.”
