{"id":87149,"date":"2026-02-24T10:19:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fireflyin.org\/?p=87149"},"modified":"2026-02-24T10:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:20:03","slug":"kris-corner-orphans-as-heroes-in-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fireflyin.org\/ht\/resources\/news-library\/kris-corner-orphans-as-heroes-in-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwen Kris la \u2013 \u00d2felen k\u00f2m Ewo nan Medya yo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kidonk, mwen pa neses\u00e8man gen anyen pwofon pou m pataje jodi a, jis yon bagay ki t ap vire nan t\u00e8t mwen depi yon bon bout tan depi nou te k\u00f2manse vwayaj nou an nan sist\u00e8m ak\u00e8y la... e definitivman depi nou te adopte pitit gason nou an. Al\u00f2, men li: poukisa anpil fim, liv ak emisyon televizyon sanble ap devlope sou lide yon \u00f2felen k\u00f2m p\u00e8sonaj prensipal\/ewo\/sivivan?<\/p>\n<p>Epi sa pa s\u00e8lman nan medya pou granmoun... anpil nan yo ki f\u00e8t pou timoun itilize yon timoun ki swa \u00f2felen oswa ki te abandone pa omwen youn nan paran yo.<\/p>\n<p>Tanpri, pa bay t\u00e8t ou pwobl\u00e8m epi pa tande sa m ap di a. Mwen PA di timoun pa ka devlope t\u00e8t yo tankou \u00f2felen oubyen san youn nan paran yo.<\/p>\n<p>M ap jis di ke medya yo sanble ap pouse istwa sa a anpil. Epi kesyon m pou yo se POUKISA?!? Ki sa ki t\u00e8lman atiran nan yon ewo \u00f2felen?<\/p>\n<p>Epi pwobl\u00e8m mwen an se pa ke mwen pa renmen yon bon istwa sou simonte obstak, jan anpil nan nou renmen... on\u00e8tman, se pwobableman rezon pou popilarite a.<\/p>\n<p>Epi l\u00e8 mwen ch\u00e8che l sou Google, men repons ent\u00e8lijans atifisy\u00e8l mwen te resevwa a (e on\u00e8tman mwen panse li egzak): &quot;L\u00e8 yon \u00f2felen izole de yon anviw\u00f2nman familyal tradisyon\u00e8l e nourisan, li se yon manifestasyon solitid ak vilnerabilite. Sikonstans sa yo gen tandans deklanche yon reyaksyon f\u00f2 ak senpatik lakay lekt\u00e8 a, sa ki atire l nan vwayaj p\u00e8sonaj la.&quot;\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Epi byenke sa ka (pwobableman) vre, pwobl\u00e8m rey\u00e8l mwen ak ewo \u00f2felen an se ke li ka deklanche anpil moun (timoun ki nan fanmi ak\u00e8y se k\u00e8k nan yo!); sa pa vle di li toujou ye men li KA vre.<\/p>\n<p>Natir\u00e8lman, lis sa a pa konpl\u00e8, men men k\u00e8k egzanp pou f\u00e8 w reflechi sou sa pitit ou yo ap gade oswa li:<\/p>\n<p>Sip\u00e8man<\/p>\n<p>Batman<\/p>\n<p>Spiderman<\/p>\n<p>Nemo<\/p>\n<p>Harry Potter<\/p>\n<p>Annie<\/p>\n<p>Lilo ak Stitch<\/p>\n<p>Glase<\/p>\n<p>Bambi<\/p>\n<p>Dumbo<\/p>\n<p>Mepriyab<\/p>\n<p>Liv la nan lajounen<\/p>\n<p>Cinderella<\/p>\n<p>Lag\u00e8 Zetwal yo<\/p>\n<p>Wa lyon an<\/p>\n<p>Ak anpil, anpil plis ank\u00f2\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Pou mwen p\u00e8son\u00e8lman, mwen pa janm konnen ki sa ki pral deklanche pitit gason m nan. E pet\u00e8t menm bagay la tou pou ou menm ak pitit ou a; si ou gen plis pase yon timoun adoptif\/ak\u00e8y, deklanch\u00e8 yo pwobableman varye de timoun an timoun.<\/p>\n<p>Pitit gason m nan konnen li te yon \u00f2felen fonksyon\u00e8l; li pa konnen t\u00e8m sa a, men li konnen li pa t gen yon plas p\u00e8manan. Li pa t gen paran byolojik ki te ka pran swen l. Li konnen yo te retire l nan men yo. Li konnen youn nan de paran yo pa t menm bay t\u00e8t li enp\u00f2tans pou l reyini av\u00e8 l. Li konnen li pa ka retounen vin jwenn yo, men li ka vizite l jan manman byolojik la kapab.<\/p>\n<p>Se kl\u00e8 gen anpil bagay nan istwa li a ki ta ka fasilman deklanche pa yon fim n ap gade ansanm an fanmi. Epi souvan mwen santi mwen gen k\u00e8 sote l\u00e8 pwobl\u00e8m nan par\u00e8t nan yon bagay n ap gade oswa li.<\/p>\n<p>Kounye a, mwen konprann ke pafwa li sanble pase inap\u00e8si sou li, men mwen konnen tou sa pa vle di li pa reflechi sou li. Li pa egare. Li ka rasanble moso yo epi konprann yon siyifikasyon d\u00e8y\u00e8 yon k\u00f2mant\u00e8, epi mwen kw\u00e8 li konprann epi li reflechi plis sou bagay sa yo pase sa li kite par\u00e8t.<\/p>\n<p>Men pandan n ap pale de sa, kite m pale yon ti kras: \u00e8ske nou ka sispann tout blag sou moun yo adopte? Tankou yon fr\u00e8 oswa yon s\u00e8, k ap di yon l\u00f2t, pou eseye pase l nan rizib, ke yo adopte? Li pa komik nan okenn sitiyasyon, men sitou si gen timoun yo adopte tou pre.<\/p>\n<p>Li pa komik nan lavi rey\u00e8l e li pa komik nan medya yo non plis.<\/p>\n<p>Fen diskou a.<\/p>\n<p>Kidonk, sa m ap di tout bon vre a se ke mwen doute anpil ke medya yo pral mete yon fen nan itilizasyon istwa ewo \u00f2felen an paske li f\u00e8 yo f\u00e8 milya ak milya dola; kidonk sa vle di ke se responsablite nou antanke paran &quot;\u00f2felen&quot; pou nou f\u00e8 devwa nou. Ankourajman mwen se pou nou toujou rete vijilan epi gade emisyon ak fim ANVAN pou nou konnen ki deklanch\u00e8 KI KA par\u00e8t.<\/p>\n<p>Epi si ou pa ka prevantif (e mwen konnen mwen pa toujou pare non plis), mwen ankouraje w pou w toujou prepare pou nenp\u00f2t konsekans. T\u00e8m adopsyon ak swen adoptif yo dominan nan medya nou yo e pa gen okenn fason pou evite yo. Men, antanke paran adoptif ak paran adoptif, nou ka f\u00e8 tout sa nou kapab pou nou diminye kou yo epi pou nou ede pitit nou yo w\u00e8 ke istwa y ap gade nan televizyon an se yon istwa, men se pa istwa pa yo... sepandan, pitit nou yo KA ewo ak moun ki gen viktwa tou.<\/p>\n<p>Sens\u00e8man,<\/p>\n<p>Kris<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I don\u2019t necessarily have anything deep to share today, just something that\u2019s been rolling around in my head for quite a while since we started our foster care journey\u2026and definitely since we adopted our son. 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