Family with 19 Kids Raises Awareness About Teen Adoption

Megan Reuther - WHOtv.com

This story from WHOtv.com features Ruth and Buckel, a couple from Story City, Iowa who adopted 19 teenagers over the course of their relationship.  Currently eight people live the in the Buckel’s six-bedroom home.  The Buckels are sharing their story in order to make people aware of the joys of parenting a teenager.  They discuss how most people are interested in younger children, but in many ways adopting a teenager is easier.