Myka Stauffer and her husband, James Stauffer, were a successful vlogging family on YouTube until they announced they had rehomed their adopted son, Huxley, in 2020.
The vlogging couple confirmed they chose to dissolve their adoption in May 2020 in a since-deleted video on YouTube, explaining that Huxley’s special needs were more than they were equipped to handle.
After subscribers to the family’s channel, “The Stauffer Life,” began to grow outraged at Huxley’s rehoming, Myka issued an apology statement on Instagram and ceased posting on YouTube entirely. Four years later, the channel still remains quiet, and she has stayed off of social media entirely.
Now, a Vox Media Studios docuseries, An Update on Our Family, revisits the incident and where Huxley — who has since been renamed by his new family — is today.
From what happened with their adoption to where…
