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Sharing donor profiles with your children?
fisch
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Anyone have a plan for this? Jack is doing a unit on family in his first grade class and I considered bringing it out to read with him, but hen I read it again privately I decided we should wait a bit longer. I think there are many things that he probably won't understand and I don't want him to have pre-conceived expectations of himself, i.e. the donor was tall and liked sports, but jack is average height and doesn't like sports. Plus he just doesn't get why we don't know him. It doesn't make sense to him. So I'm curious both about those with slightly older children who have gone through this, and those who are planners and have thought it through.
We have shared info along the way. Met one of the donor sibs when they were about 4yrs. Jack has only expressed occasional interest.
We have shared info along the way. Met one of the donor sibs when they were about 4yrs. Jack has only expressed occasional interest.
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how in depth is the project?
DS (7) - d#470
Boy, n.: a noise with dirt on it.
In your shoes, I would build on the family in his life. Trees don't always just grow. They can have grafts. So your son's tree can include both bio- and chosen family members.
EDD 12/13/2013
It's identical TWINS! They're GIRLS!
7/20/2013 Sweet Baby A lost her battle with IUGR.
8/26/2013 Feisty Baby B was born via emergency CSection 16 weeks premature
Good luck to you all. I hope you all find the right answers.