Right??? I’m also adopted and my parents waited five years for me. FIVE FUCKING YEARS! I couldn’t have been more wanted or responsibly planned for. They applied for another child as soon as I was born because they knew how long it takes... My brother came along 18 mos after me and was basically the adoption equivalent…

The thing that gets me is that these people feel this child is expendable. I doubt they would do this to a biological child. I understand that sometimes a special needs child needs to be institutionalized. It can happen, whether for pervasive developmental issues or mental health issues. Sometimes the families can’t…

The running joke in my family was that my dad married my mom just to get to hang out with my brother (her kid from first, really shitty marriage). The second they started walking back down the aisle, my brother said “DO I GET TO CHANGE MY NAME NOW?” and immediately ran to the wedding register, and there’s a pic of him…

The other hardest videos they’ve ever had to make are for tier 2 and up Patreon patrons only, obviously.

Did she start selling essential oils on Facebook? My friends and I got pregnant all within 6 months or so of one another (every other month someone was having a kid, for like two years) and I was slowly booted because I didn’t join the essential oils kick. I got my biology degree, and started questioning the claims…

My genetic supplier was a monster (the only good thing he did for me was terminate his parental rights), and when the judge told my (adopted) Dad that even if he and my mom split, my Dad would still be responsible for me his reply was “I would think so” with (according to my mom) an insulted look that this would even…

“and I don’t even watch the shitty videos Jezebel produces because I’d rather read”

My kids are adopted— my son has significant needs, so a few things: The terms gotcha day and rehome are terms used in adoption. I have 2 cats and I always cringe when the word “adopted” is used about animals. I love my cats— they are not children. In our house we don’t do gotcha day, we celebrate family day with an…

My sister has three adopted kids and as a family, we celebrate their birthdays (obviously) and we celebrate the day they came home. It has nothing to do with them not being part of the family until that day, we just see it as another special day to remind them how overjoyed we were they became part of the family and…

#4- He’s on a nice farm upstate, where he can run free with the other Spectrum Children.

1. They also put him in a dark closet by himself to “calm him down”

A kid with serious special needs is good for one, maybe two Very Special Episodes when the other children learn that everyone is important and has something to contribute.

I have some experience with this. Being sent away/“rehomed” is profoundly traumatizing, even when it’s in a divorce situation, with the child in question moving from parent to parent. It doesn’t matter how nurturing the parents are. The child internalizes it as a problem with them, and the sibs question whether it can…

If they wanted to protect his privacy they could just, you know, not make a youtube video about him in the first place

That’s the part that really gets me too - they’re sharing info about his life and his medical situation that they have no right to share.  Doing so isn’t in his best interest, it’s just in theirs, because they want to make sure that no one thinks badly of them.  They’re clearly not equipped to be good parents to him,…

On #3. Besides from the fact that the kids could go ‘oh heck, they could get rid of ME’ and how fucked up that is, it could also go ‘well, if I don’t like something/someone that is different than me, I can just get rid of it/them’. Really messing up future relationships, both familial, social, and professional.

My friend was given back to the adoption agency after his first set of parents decided he was too sullen as baby. I think good riddance to those people, he ended up with a loving family and was too young to really remember that first family. These people publicly documented his stay with them so it’s out there…

The way they make withholding information sound like they’re doing it solely to guard Huxley’s privacy is just unconscionable. Her fake crying could also use some work.

A few things to add color to the discussion:

One can only expect so much interest after introducing a new character to the show. It made sense to get rid of that autistic kid character - her and the beard’s obviously real emotion and devastation makes fairly captivating content. But still... 3/5 enjoyed it, but looking for newer narcissist influencers.