Monday, October 10, 2011

Adoption in Animal Jam?

Hey Jammers! I have an interesting topic to discuss today, that of "adoption" in Animal Jam. Is it worth it? What are your personal experiences with it?
In case you didn't know anything about the topic, it's basically when someone advertises that they want a mother/father/child that they can roleplay family situations with. They may or may not be able to find someone compatible with their needs. In case you're interested in trying it out for yourself, Jammers will often advertise by saying, "Adoption Center in Pillow Room", or something else of the like. I guess depending on what kind of parent/child you had, your experience would differ.
I personally haven't had a good experience with it.
My first Animal Jam Parent was really nagging and she always "dragged me home" during my Clan Meetings, and she would say things like "Rainy, I need to talk to you." Then she would go on and on about how she felt unloved and how she wanted just wanted to spend time with me. Overall, she was just clingy. I mean it's great that she wanted to spend time with me, but I had to go on Border Patrols, Hunting Patrols, and there were Clan Meetings and Battles that I had to attend. I couldn't constantly be attending to her every fantasy. It's actually kind of funny about what happened next. She changed her name and tried to get into my clan. What made the situation funny was that I had just seen her make a clan 5 minutes earlier. She was always nagging me and trying to get me to play hide and seek. In general, she was just too clingy for me. In the end though, we managed to work it out and she started to treat me more like a friend. My second Animal Jam Mother was never on. My third Animal Jam mother wanted me to be four, forever. It was crazy. My 4th Animal Jam mother had other kids who for some reason, wanted to roleplay that they were the siblings that bullied me? I found the perfect mother but it only lasted one day. On the flip side of things, I have also been a mother. Coincidentally I become a mother to someone who eventually became a member of our clan and turned out to be a great warrior.
However, I think that it's a great concept to to be integrating into the game. Fun fact about me: I'm adopted. And as such, I think it's great for Jammers to get educated and have it normalized in everyday society. What do you guys think?
Comment your replies and questions below!

27 comments:

  1. Heyy!!!!!! first of all how do you adopt someone?????????????????? and from what you are saying i do not think adoption is worth it. I think i wld rather be me rather than someones sibling, parent, child or cousin.
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  2. Adoption? First of all there are adoption centers. People will advertise usually in Jamaa "Adoption Center in Pillow Room!" or something like that. And from then you pick out someone who wants to be adopted and act as their mom/dad. And I agree Whoever you are. ^_^

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  3. oh ok so its not like official or n e thing??????

    thx
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  4. just say im bingbingbing k?December 11, 2011 at 3:33 PM

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  5. im not actually bingbingbing but that is my fail acount lolz

    luv me

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  6. I don't, I normally adopt kits ;3 When I first joined I would normally be a little kid, and try to get adopted, but the parents just got me home, and that was about it -.-

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  7. I used to have a mom on aj and she was SO LOVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then she just said, "I QUIT!" I loved her... She didn't care about me.D':

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  8. Oh my gosh I so agree with you! I never get good AJ moms :(

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  9. i once had a mom but she had a bad side where she turned to a werewolf with wings. she was terrorizing like 4 different clans in sarepia so i put an end to it. then my aunt logged on and said, "what is going on here?" after i put an end to my mother's reign of terror, she went back to normal and 5 med cats were around her and she turned to dust and i haven't seen her online since then, which was weeks ago.

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  10. i had i mom she was so cool she treated me so like a real mom and i had a brother to and also he was my real life brother and i had a sister that was my friend from school it was a family on aj you could look me up to my user is kaytling1 but i want to say that i cant see her any more because that was on my other aj i made a other one because it said i cant chat any more

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  11. realy that is terrible i wish you good luck tho :D

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  12. why do ppl adoptin the pillowroom? ts just supposed 2 b a hangout place fll of pilows. i used to hve a aj mom and later she started looking lke BOY!!!! she kept adopting me siblings without telling me i found out she was rlly a irl when she changedback to girl. shes weird. she deleted me 1 time and said that im alay with my friends in my clan ad never spend time with her. i got her otre add e bt l8er decided a mother wh would delet me like that ist worth it so i un added her. my user is eagle856 an hers ws wolf543212

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  13. eagle856 again. sry i skipped lotof letters in the last comment. i hit the keys bt my computer skips them. anyway, i ued to adpt ids too. i had 3 kids at 1 time but 1 deleted me and i just deltedall of the because i wanted all or none. 1 time several months l8er i randomly met 1 of the in jamaa township and recognized him (mainly becaus i blocked him and the red slash on his nametag. i then unblocked him) and i explaied it t him and he understood. my wife, who i know in real life, didnt want me to readopt him (she dint play aj when i first adopted him. she quit aj now. her user is 01megster) i later adopted a dragon bunny girl. big mistake. she never left me alone. every time i deleted her my siblings kpt tryingto buddy me and guilt me into readdng her. finally i just got through with kids altogether and decided not to have an animal jam family. sometimes i might adopt a bunny in th pilow room, just to take it home nd EAT IT! >:D YUM! bunnies overreact when u eat them. they report u and veryhing just or pretening to be wild wolf and eating them. i know this is off subject, but it drives m OCD wild when ppl say theyre something theyre not that u can buy. like bunnies pretendig to b foe and raccoons. before actualy foxes and raccoons came out i didnt mind. andi dont mind animals like dragons either because u cant buy them. sry for this long comment that has nothing t o wit adoption, but i just wanted to let u knw how i feel. its a good thing i dont hav kids or parent now because that would b weirdsince im IRON MAN! and yes i have started the avengers on animal animal jam. if ur interested in joining send me the phantoms are out jamagram if ur a nm and dont have jamagram chat and use te message lets be buddie on it. if ur a member and can type jamagrams then just say i wantto join the avengers. and what i said at the tp about skippin letters applies to this comment too. :/ o im ending the comment. sorry for boring you to death jammers. remember im eagle856 PS a lot of he avnegers r taken. all of the movie heroes are taken but may be avalable again. but remember there r other characters outside the movie. finally NOW THIS IS THE END OF THE LONGEST COMMENT ON THIS BLOG LONGER THAN ANY OF THE POSTS XD im eagle856 ive said a billion timesi know u want me to shut up now so bye

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  14. eagle856 again. sorry. when i talked about the draon girl and my siblings making me re add her, imean tto say HER siblings. my bad. im an only child. just wanted to point that out

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  15. eagle856 again. i know ur tired of hearing from me but wanted to share my opinion on the polls on his pagewhichnimal is yurforie: WHY ARE TURTES SEA TURTLES 1O TH ELEAST POPULAR?
    THEYRE THE BEST ANIMAL ON AJ I WISH I COULD B A TURTLE ON LAND F THEY CAME OUT FRAND I MIGH EVEN START ADOPTING AGAIN ON LAND

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  17. I like your blog, if you want to buddy me i'm Casanova659, (Don't ask why i named myself that... i was 10 and thought i was an awesome ladies man..) And i too think the adoption thing is weird. it used to be used for story telling but now adoption... face palm worthy...

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  18. Adoption on animal jam can sometimes be worth it.( sometimes). If you get a mom/dad who is a member its worth it cuz u have a mack daddy room and it can be fun!

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  19. Adopting? I never did not before when I just lost my mind at the time I wanted to be adopted but I calmed down and stopped I may adopt once but I have no idea what to do I guess they will whine and cry go back and find another everytime there mother logs off I stay in the pillow room witch you guys call the "adoption room" and watch the beg me to death to be their mom and I say no they say I'm mean all of a sudden but still I may adopt once.. probably never.

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  20. This is why clans and adoption centers never work :)

    You could basically say people who don't clan, who don't want to clan, and who adopt from the pillow room and get married and stuff are kitty pets :3

    Besides, you can always get adopted as a kit in a clan ;D

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  21. ok so i m video taping at this time and i have a broken arm so ; - ;. well i to have trouble adopting and being adopted. people dont give me to add them, they del me, etc and it is so hard on me. i like to talk so this will be long. ok so i am going to quit before i talk a bunch. bye!

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  22. You realy shouldn't do adoption on a kids website. It's like you replace your real family for random strangers online.

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    1. This is the first rational thing I've read so far. I think adopting in a kids game & roleplaying it is weird on many levels...and the pillow room is kinda sketchy too imho

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  23. I used to get adopted on aj but i was sick of my rubbish mom so i decided to adopt + me
    kitchy959

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  24. I have a headdress any offers

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