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🗓️ 16 June 2023
⏱️ 78 minutes
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When Alan Lawrence from @thatdadblog discovered his baby boy was born with Down Syndrome, he was crushed. Very quickly, he soon realized his son would become one of the biggest blessings for his family. Alex Clark and Alan discuss the peaks and valleys of special needs parenting, and the ins and outs of adoption. With two adopted kids, one domestic and one international (who has no idea she's about to be adopted!) – Alan's perspective on fatherhood will offer hope while making you laugh & cry. If you or someone you know has recently found out they're in the extra chromosome club, consider this episode your welcoming committee!
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0:00.0 | In honor of Father's Day this weekend, I wanted to invite a dad on who I believe has |
0:18.4 | one of the most touching, inspiring and captivating stories after experiencing infertility. |
0:25.4 | My guest and his wife, who have been married for 28 years, decided to adopt their first child. |
0:31.0 | From there, their family just kept getting bigger. |
0:33.6 | Six kids later, and being blessed with a son who has down syndrome, they are now in the |
0:38.1 | process of adopting a 14-year-old girl in Colombia who has no idea. |
0:44.2 | The story will move you to tears, and I have been wanting to do an episode that focuses |
0:48.2 | on adoption and the peaks and valleys of special needs parenting, and I thought immediately |
0:53.5 | of this guest, who I've watched through his viral family vlogs and posts for years. |
1:00.3 | Their family's content and stories have been shared everywhere, international media outlets, |
1:04.9 | the BBC, the Today Show, all kinds of stuff, and this week on the spillover discussing |
1:10.1 | all things fatherhood, navigating domestic and international adoption, and the blessing |
1:16.2 | of seeing the world through the eyes of someone with down syndrome is blogger, vlogger, |
1:20.9 | and photographer, Alan Lawrence from That Dad Blog. |
1:25.0 | I have followed your family for years, I feel like definitely the last several years, |
1:33.2 | and I think that you are one of the most fun, adventurous, and creative dads on the internet. |
1:39.7 | Thank you, I like that one. |
1:41.1 | I just, I love your content, and I know that you've been written about in everywhere from |
1:45.2 | time to the BBC, which is crazy, you've had all this viral success, just kind of documenting |
1:51.8 | what it's like being a dad. |
1:53.4 | Good fun, yeah. |
1:54.7 | And so I just have to tell you, I think I wanted to have you on for Father's Day because |
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