Ask A Therapist: Struggling with Donor Conceived Son’s Boundaries
A recipient parent struggles with the boundaries his donor conceived son has created around sharing information about siblings and the donor.
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I was kept in the dark about being donor conceived. It left me blind as a parent.
When Edward Miles became a parent, he realized that his lack of information as a donor conceived person not only impacted him but now his own child as well.
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Switched Before Birth: How a mislabeled vial upended my family’s world
Casey Duncan is the recipient parent to two donor conceived people. One of them was “switched before birth.”
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Ask a Therapist: Estrangement after Ignoring Child’s Curiosity about the Donor
A recipient parent wonders how to fix a strained relationship with her child after failing to respond to the child's curiosity about the donor while growing up.
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Ask a Therapist: How Can I Convince My Wife to Reach Out to Our Sperm Donors?
A parent wonders how to convince their wife that they should reach out to their sperm donors for the sake of their children.
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Ask a Therapist: How to Do Single Parenthood by Choice “Right”
An intended parent wonders whether it is possible to do single parenthood by choice "right."
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The Harmful Impact of Secret Keeping
Parents who want to keep donor conception a secret are usually trying to protect their child from emotional and relationship distress, but secrets are no guarantee of protection. Just as anonymity is hard to protect for a lifetime, genetic information is hard to keep secret for a lifetime.
