{"id":21004,"date":"2018-10-21T10:57:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T10:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=21004"},"modified":"2018-10-21T10:57:22","modified_gmt":"2018-10-21T10:57:22","slug":"superman-single-dad-adopts-his-fifth-disabled-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2018\/10\/superman-single-dad-adopts-his-fifth-disabled-child\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Superman&#8217; single dad adopts his fifth disabled child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SupermanDad102118.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"694\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SupermanDad102118.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SupermanDad102118-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SupermanDad102118-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SupermanDad102118-1024x526.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><br \/>\nAfter spending years struggling to adopt as a single, gay man, Ben Carpenter, 34, became father to his eldest son Jack, who has autism and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), ten years ago. 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He became a parent at 21 years old.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-6285707\/Single-superdad-35-reveals-joy-adopts-fifth-disabled-child.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Mail<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"outstream_div\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.anq.push(function() {\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/\/signal to script that this DOM element has been loaded and is ready to be populated with an ad\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.showTag('outstream_div');\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>While Ben is single, he has a robust support network &#8211; living with his mother, while getting help from the children&#8217;s godmother and a close friend.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Carpenter says: &#8216;People have called me a saint and say what I do is remarkable but I just wanted to be a dad and adopting is my way of becoming a dad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I only ever wanted one child when I started on the process of adoption. 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