tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434051313035946945.post8778399842073974118..comments2023-06-03T06:58:11.808-04:00Comments on Single Mothers by Choice (SMC): The Question Gets Asked...Single Mothers by Choice (SMC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10524160238658120095noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434051313035946945.post-1092887899784658912011-02-17T18:13:12.601-05:002011-02-17T18:13:12.601-05:00When my daughter was born I got a great book calle...When my daughter was born I got a great book called "Our Story" from the Donor Conception Network in the UK. It explains the process at a child's level. My daughter has heard the story since before she could talk and is very aware of her "origins" and can even explain it to her peers. We never had to deal with that questions. But there have been others, especially since she would like siblings. http://www.donor-conception-network.org/dcn_pubs.htm. There are different versions of the book for different types of families.Marne (Leora's Mom)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434051313035946945.post-23581130255854440342011-02-04T18:03:24.251-05:002011-02-04T18:03:24.251-05:00Like you I prepared and prepared. Then suddenly, r...Like you I prepared and prepared. Then suddenly, rather late at night as we were coming back from a festival, my 2.5 year old piped up: "Where's MY daddy?". So, like you, I crouched down (by the stroller, on the street was not how I had imagined this). And I started talking about how Mommy had wanted a baby so much but didn't have anyone to have a baby with, so went to the doctor and he helped put in the seed from the nice man/donor etc etc etc. After a couple of minutes I could see this wasn't getting through to her because she wasn't asking where she came from, so I then started talking about the many kinds of families and about how we were a mommy-and-kid family.<br />So, she goes, we are a mommy-and-kid family.<br />And I say, "that's right darling"<br />And she responds "well I am going to go to the doctor and get my daddy!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com