Controversial vloggers Myka and James Stauffer faced widespread backlash in 2020 when they ‘re-homed’ their autistic adopted son Huxley. Now, a three-part docuseries seeks to expose the ‘hidden-in-plain-sight, unregulated family vlogging industry’.
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In 2020, successful family vloggers Myka and James Stauffer made a startling announcement that would end their influencer careers. They were “rehoming” their autistic son, Huxley, nearly three years after adopting him from China. The boy had been front and center of many of their parenting and lifestyle videos before suddenly vanishing from their posts.
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Many of their one million Instagram and YouTube followers started asking why, which led to a jarring confession that prompted swift and widespread backlash. In a trailer for the documentary, which aires Wednesday (January 15), fellow vloggers detail the events leading up to Huxley’s disappearance from the Stauffers’ YouTube channel while experts emphasize just how much money parents can make from posting content about their children online.
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Back in May 2020, Myka and James Stauffer revealed on YouTube that they had re-homed their four-year-old son nearly three years after they adopted him from China. According to the couple, who also have four biological children, they had seen numerous medical professionals regarding Huxley’s “severe needs” and decided he had a “lot more special needs that we weren’t aware of”.
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