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After someone has decided to go ahead, and have a child via sperm donation it is important to consider what kind of life that child will have, throughout the early years, growing up, or into adulthood, knowing that one, if not both of their parents, are not their biological family.
That is why you find more and more sperm donor children seeking their one, or both parents that they have not got to know the identity of in their younger life.
Sperm donor children and adoptees often will go through a point in their life where they will ask questions without the intention of hurting those loved ones that did raise them. So what do you do when your child, a product of a sperm donor comes to you, looking for answers in biology regarding their own biology?
Children of adoption can relate to a portion of this, growing up knowing they are adopted, and that they have other ‘parents’ out there that gave birth to them, and that their mom and dad, whom were there with day and night wanted a baby, and were blessed with a child.
Recommendations are that you are open and honest with your child when you feel they are ready to handle that emotional responsibility. They will take it, breathe it in, mull it over, and go on; especially if this is introduced into their minds at a young age. The longer you wait the more deceit you are looking at unraveling later in their lives.
Why not contact us with your real life stories on telling your children about their sperm donor father.
Sperm donor children do have support groups out there for those who know they are from a biological one parent status. If your child is old enough to understand the ramifications of this kind of life, than a support group may be beneficial. If the sperm donation was anonymous, give that information to your child, this way they know, you have not willingly or knowingly held this information back. If you have yet to go through the process of using a sperm donor, take this into consideration, and maybe this can help you decide if anonymous is the way to go.
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