This story is wild. Myka Stauffer and her husband James adopted a boy from China claiming that they stumbled across Wen Quan’s adoption posting online. They adopted a child with special needs and published their adoption story online. The video got viral which got more than 5millions views and they also got lots of subscribers due to this video. After this video got viral, they made lots of other videos of him on their channel as well as on their other social media platform. They also got endorsement deals with companies like Fabletics & Dannon.
They produced hours of content documenting their son and his life following adoption. Here are some of the other videos of Huxley.
Here is Huxley on their Instagram.
Then suddenly, Huxley stopped appearing in their videos and social media sites. She also updated her Twitter bio removing her one of the children.
They didn’t publicly acknowledge this issue until the people started to questions the absence of Huxley from their videos and social media. Finally, when the couple posted an update in which they explained Huxley had been given permanently to another family for the sake of his “emotional well-being” people started to criticize them. Ironically, the 2 most popular videos in their channel would be the adoption video of Huxley and his “re-homed” video.
Here is the video they made defending their action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozthKDdSMZQ
But the story doesn’t end here. When people started digging in her past videos and social media post they started to find concerning things. Here is one of the many threads about Myka Stauffer.
Youtubers Myka & James Stauffer raised money to adopt an autistic boy from China, made him their brand, & picked up major sponsors.
A few years later, they secretly put him in the foster system, vacationed in Bali, and pretended he didn't exist for months.
It gets worse. pic.twitter.com/ThYZMeNtyT
— melissa stout (@mellierenee) May 28, 2020
Apparently, the couple was looking for the adoption of a new child, one with “special needs” that are “easy” that “most people wouldn’t consider easy”
In one of her video, Huxley’s hand it seems to be duct-taped to stop sucking his thumb
The Stauffers duct taped Huxley's hands to get him to stop sucking his thumb as a coping mechanism when he was 2-3. But here's a photo of their biological daughter at age 7, sucking her thumb with no tape. They also recorded his meltdowns. pic.twitter.com/ciJB7EcusF
— melissa stout (@mellierenee) May 28, 2020
People are angry toward them because they knew Huxley was a special need when they adopted him. She was actively looking for another kid with special needs after they adopted Huxley and suddenly one day they decided to give him away. People also pointed out that if one of the biological children has a similar issue she would not have done the same thing
Here are some of the reactions of people online.
Oh yes. Non verbal huxley told you i dont want to live with you guys no more send me to these strangers so that i can be traumatized even more in my little life. #mykastauffer pic.twitter.com/qK2Hn2Btl0
— Hayley 🎀 (@Babydolldancer) May 27, 2020
The fact that they adopted someone from a completely different country knowing his needs and suddenly gave him to his “forever home” made people angry
Myka Stauffer and her husband James adopted a boy from China and exploited him for Youtube clout. But when he got older they found him a new “forever home” like a puppy that outgrew its welcome and not an actual human being. White people must stop treating us like their own dogs.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) May 28, 2020
YouTuber Myka Stauffer adopted an autistic child FOR VIEWS/CONTENT and has now abandoned him.
She also BLAMES IT ON HIM saying he WANTS TO BE ABANDONED.
Autistic children are not props!! You can't traumatize kids for views!! I am so fucking FURIOUS at this repulsive behavior!! pic.twitter.com/uw96pHkowB
— Abby Sinister (@AbbyZinger) May 28, 2020
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