Current Events > YouTubers adopt autistic child, re-home him years later

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https://people.com/parents/youtuber-myka-stauffer-rehome-adopted-son-with-autism/

Fucking trash.

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Lol

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See I don't want to be thought of as a horrible person because I thought "Eh, fatherhood isn't that much fun. Time to move on."

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This is gonna present itself as a big issue in the upcoming years, as people attempt to pretend autism isn't a disorder.

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Adopting this child was likely a stunt/PR move to begin with from the looks of it, this is shameful, and they are terrible people.

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The kid is only 2 years old. Fuck these subhuman garbage.

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I can't even imagine the difficulties of raising an autistic child. That said, to intentionally take on those difficulties and adopt an autistic child means that just giving up a couple years later and giving him back makes you trash tbh

hope the kid is young enough not to remember them

RiKuToTheMiGhtY posted...

Adopting this child was likely a stunt/PR move to begin with from the looks of it, this is shameful, and they are terrible people.

sounds like it, they have monetized content related to him. Enough of that would offset the costs and start making them profit

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that is truly disgusting. poor kid.

this almost reads like Onion satire

weak minded millennial parents cant hang

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Checked out the video.

Like and dislike ratio is hidden.
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DeadBankerDream posted...

Checked out the video.

Like and dislike ratio is hidden.

lol how convenient

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"There wasn't a minute that I didn't try our hardest and I think what Jim is trying to say is that after multiple assessments, after multiple evaluations, numerous medical professionals have felt that he needed a different fit and that his medical needs, he needed more."

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Couldnt blame them if it was an unknown factor, but knowing of it and flaunting it online and then going back is just bad.

Houston posted...

"There wasn't a minute that I didn't try our hardest and I think what Jim is trying to say is that after multiple assessments, after multiple evaluations, numerous medical professionals have felt that he needed a different fit and that his medical needs, he needed more."

Maybe they should have focused on taking care of their child instead of making a shitty YouTube show.

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How many children did they have when they chose to adopt the boy from China? Seems they have at least 4 others, but one of them is younger than 2 years.
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She's hot tho

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literally never heard about these people before.

are they trying to turn their personal lives into a lifetime movie for YouTube? Is that their gimmick?

shitty if they adopted a special needs kid for a popularity boost, but Im just going to hope this part is true

He is thriving, he is happy, he is doing really well, and his new mommy has medical professional training, and it is a very good fit."

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Dont know who they are, what their situation was, or what they did for him. I feel most people here dont either so why comment?

It's extremely hard to raise a child with autism. But yeah, looks like a PR move.

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well, better parents that know how to take care of him than not.

still, adopting only to pass the buck is just... especially since they're feeding off public attention xd

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On the one hand I cant imagine caring for a special needs child, especially with undisclosed needs on top of what you knew already. But on the other hand hes not a fucking dog you take back because he destroyed your couch.

I really hope they remove the monetized content involving Huxley.

Right now it looks like they adopted a child to make money and when the money didn't make sense anymore they dumped him off.

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Jeff AKA Snoopy posted...

I really hope they remove the monetized content involving Huxley.

Right now it looks like they adopted a child to make money and when the money didn't make sense anymore they dumped him off.

Yeah I get the vibe that his medical needs were going to cost more than his YT ad revenue


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that's shitty but probably better for the kid so
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Imagine having her as your hot step mom

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ZTT888returning posted...

But on the other hand hes not a fucking dog you take back because he destroyed your couch.

Except that's exactly what they did. I wonder if they will "re-home" any of their other kids if they become an inconvenience, or maybe they didn't consider the adopted kid one of their own to begin with. In any case, them.

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Like, 500%

Adopting a child is a pretty exhaustive process, so I would be surprised if they are even allowed to adopt again

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hey covxy I would appreciate if you didn't lie about positions I hold. I would also appreciate it if you didn't conflate ABA with "modern medicine"

thank you, and do not tag me again for stuff like this.

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I tagged you so that you could clarify the movement. If what I said is an inaccurate representation, I'd like you to correct it.

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I read a claim that he was violent with their other children and was a considerably better fit elsewhere, so it was in everyone's best interest for him to go with another family. What they did was gross as hell and they should have their whole youtube channel nuked, at the very least, but if it works out best for the kid, meh.

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COVxy posted...

I tagged you so that you could clarify the movement. If what I said is an inaccurate representation, I'd like you to correct it.

Cool. Don't do it again. You have a history of extremely bad opinions on this issue and I have no interest in engaging with you further on this matter.

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So the forever home they promised him wasnt forever

Lmao.

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RiKuToTheMiGhtY posted...

Adopting this child was likely a stunt/PR move to begin with from the looks of it, this is shameful, and they are terrible people.

The kid was diagnosed with autism later and they couldn't take care of him.


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It's really fucked up how people are using "rehome" about this. People are doing it to try to shit on the parents without seeming to realize that they're choosing to refer to this child like a pet.

But anyway, supposedly they were unsure about adopting a special needs child to begin with but decided to go ahead with it, and once they got him back here they found out that they had been greatly misled about the severity of his issues. Putting the kid in the best situation for his needs is not the wrong thing to do, but when do we ever let that stop us from a good old fashioned dog pile.

Houston posted...

"There wasn't a minute that I didn't try our hardest and I think what Jim is trying to say is that after multiple assessments, after multiple evaluations, numerous medical professionals have felt that he needed a different fit and that his medical needs, he needed more."

I have trouble believing that numerous medical professionals advised them to give this child to someone else

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Tenlaar posted...

It's really fucked up how people are using "rehome" about this. People are doing it to try to shit on the parents without seeming to realize that they're choosing to refer to this child like a pet.

But anyway, supposedly they were unsure about adopting a special needs child to begin with but decided to go ahead with it, and once they got him back here they found out that they had been greatly misled about the severity of his issues. Putting the kid in the best situation for his needs is not the wrong thing to do, but when do we ever let that stop us from a good old fashioned dog pile.

Rehoming is a common word in the foster care system. It doesn't say if these parents are fosters, probably not, or if they were they're definitely not anymore.

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