Adopting Six Children with Complex Needs; The Single Dad who Started Adopting at 21

Update: 2021-06-14

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We meet Benjamin Carpenter in this week’s episode. Stu caught up with adoptive Dad to six children with additional and complex needs. Benjamin talks about being the youngest single gay male adopter, as he wanted to adopt when he was 21, he discusses how he ended up adopting six children and the devastating loss of his son. Lotte and Stu catch up on meeting ally parents, and being misgendered.

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Adopting Six Children with Complex Needs; The Single Dad who Started Adopting at 21

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Adopting Six Children with Complex Needs; The Single Dad who Started Adopting at 21

Adopting Six Children with Complex Needs; The Single Dad who Started Adopting at 21