"Millie expressed her desire for a family earlier this year. During a March 10 episode of the Smartless podcast, Millie said, "Jake knows how important it is to me. Of course, I want to focus on really establishing myself as an actor and as a producer, but I also find it's so important to start a family for me, personally. It's a huge thing.""
"There are other corners of the internet that seem to have a gripe with the circumstances of Millie and Bobby's announcement, and I have a bone to pick with them. But, this recent negativity has a different air to it, perhaps because it involves the criticism and how they became new parents, and since I come from a family of adoption, I want to throw in my two cents - hopefully hard enough to leave an imprint of Abraham Lincoln's face on somebody's forehead."
Millie and Jake, aged 21 and 23, married last year and live in Georgia with over 60 animals. They announced on Aug. 22 that they welcomed a baby girl through adoption and requested peace and privacy. Millie previously said starting a family is very important while also pursuing acting and producing. Online reactions ranged from jokes about timing to criticism over how they became parents. A family connection to adoption is invoked to counter negativity and defend adoptive parenting. National Council for Adoption data report a 24% decline in foster-care adoptions since 2019 and 77,000 children waiting for adoption in 2023.
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