Parents Overnight

After their marriage, Tobias Rebisch and his husband decide to make their happiness complete: they want to adopt a child. However, the adoption process is lengthy and nerve-wracking; the bureaucracy and the long wait are a test for their relationship. Just when they are about to give up, a miracle happens: the youth welfare office contacts them, and the very next day they become parents to a newborn boy who turns their lives upside down. Tobias Rebisch candidly describes what it’s like to become a parent overnight and shares his experiences as a gay couple with a child. He talks about mothers who fundamentally question men's suitability for parenting and reflects on what goes through his mind when his son announces one day after daycare that he wants to marry his friend Stefan. Tobias Rebisch offers us insights into a...