You Should Be Grateful is the title of a 2019 South Australian documentary directed by Heather Waters and narrated by adult adoptees.

The documentary begins with:
Adoptees are the only people that are expected to be grateful for the enormous loss they’ve experienced.

The Director Statement reads:

“Adoption is a global problem in that largely, it does not address the needs of the child but rather, focuses on the desires of the adults. Adoption is damaging, on many levels, to a child who will then need to live with the effects of that for the rest of their life…”