Single Dad Adopts 13-year-old Who Was Abandoned Two Years Earlier at Hospital
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02 March 2020 – A 13-year-old boy who was abandoned by his parents has found a forever home:
On Nov. 12, Tony Mutabazi was adopted by his foster dad, Peter Mutabazi in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tony had been in the foster care system since the age of 2, and at the age of 4, Tony was adopted by a couple in Oklahoma. No details are known about his birth parents.
“He’s the nicest, smartest kid I’ve ever had,” Mutabazi told “Good Morning America.”
“From day one, he’s always called me ‘dad.’ He truly meant it and he looks up to me. He’s proud to show me at school and say, ‘Hey, he’s my dad.’ That’s something that I love about him.
“When he was 11, Tony’s adopted parents left him at a hospital and never returned, according to Mutabazi and foster care worker Jessica Ward.
“He asked if his parents were coming to get him and they said no,” Mutabazi said. “[We have] no idea why.”
On Jan. 16, 2018, Muatbazi received a call from Ward asking if he could take Tony for the weekend.
Source with full story and additional pics https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/family/story/single-dad-adopts-13-year-abandoned-years-earlier-69285077
This guy is incredible. He’s a single foster dad that has so far officially adopted at least 3 kids, currently has a young foster and an adult foster also living with him. Anthony is now in college. They make fun content on insta. Fosterdadflipper I believe.
Damn at first look I thought that was Idris Elba.
Legend.
Who on earth abandons an 11 year old boy? Is this a thing people do when they can’t pay for healthcare?
Love his you tube channel! I work in adoption and he really does believe children should be reunited with family when they can. He also shares the broken system at times and what these families and children go through.
These kinds of families are closer than others who share the same blood
Holy hell – how do you leave a kid ? Selfish ass parents ? But hey this kid got a beautiful gift in ugly gift wrapping paper! What a blessing
A child needs parent(s) who love them, biological or not.
I thought that was Idris Elba at first
For anyone wondering, the Dad’s on Instagram as “fosterdadflipper”
It’s people like that which should be publicly recognised not these so called celebrities
This is what true parenting looks like! It takes a lot of courage and love to adopt, especially a teenager. Kudos to this amazing dad!
Someone is cutting onions in my office. Knock that off.
There’s an American dad snippet just for this exact situation
He looks like a good dude.
Yeah, I’ve been following them on Instagram for quite a while. He has adopted three, and fosters several more.
How does one abandon an 11-year-old at a hospital?!?!
How tf can you have a child for FOUR YEARS and just throw him away like he doesn’t have memories and won’t remember you…?! This hurts my soul for this boy 💔 I’m so happy he found a father figure but he’ll always have that pain his “parents” caused him
Dang, that pesky dust in my eyes…
Bro, your so luck <333
I would rather die 1,000 times being burned alive than leave my daughter like that. I’m not a perfect person, but fuck that. She with me until my last breath. I can’t imagine how these people can still be called human and do this.
I’m 38 years old and need a person like that to adopt me.
Damn I didn’t know Jack Harlow’s dad was Idris Elba
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So can we find the parents? I just want to “talk”
The real question is…does he get the pass?
Stand up guy 👏👌
How is it even possible that he’s single??
March 2 is a good day to get a new life- 🫶
All of my love for these two.
I love watching this family “Now I Am Known” on YouTube!
Cant imagine how proud that kid is to have him for a dad.
I’m two drinks in and away from my kids for a few weeks. Excuse me while I cry a little at the bar.
🤝♥️
I follow him on IG. He’s awesome and has a great sense of humor.
I’m gonna fuckin sob
Anyone else find it ironic to have matching shirts with that text?
kid actually looks like him
IG: @fosterdadflipper
Read his book too, highly recommend.
He grew up in poor village in Uganda with abusive father, took off at very young age and lived on street by a bus station for like 5 yrs helping people move luggage in exchange for food. Until one of his regulars got him into a private school.
Cool surname, Mutabazi. What a kind person.
I recognize this Dad from Instagram. Single Dad who adopts and fosters kids (he doesn’t show his foster kids). He seems like a great guy and Dad.
With that hair texture you know his adopted dad was a good fit for teaching him grooming. I say this as a white person with curly hair that took until her 30s to figure it out
Aren’t you only allowed to do that if they’re still babies?
He have a YouTube channel
Bro does something nice then needs to make it about race