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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I certainly hope elementary school level teachers are encouraging students who were born via sperm / egg / embryo donor to include them in  their family tree lesson. After all, kids who are adopted (Like mine) are being told to do so.   According to this board donor parents are letting  their kids know their origins, though I suspect not nearly at the rate adopted kids are told their origins.  I am still inclined to think donor kids are not being told as early as adopted kids are.    Step it up, donor parents! Include those donors in your family tree! [/quote]

+1. Parent of kid who joined family through adoption. My child has many friends who were adopted. Sometimes it is obvious so no way to hid it. But I do not know any (zippo) none who have ever mentioned that they had a different biological parent through some other means like artificial insemination, surrogacy, etc. I also feel that there is a different standard (stigma?) for adopted kids.[/quote]

I agree. A  kid would have to have the maturity to understand quite a bit about biology, general reproduction science and parenthood before this discussion, and it is quite different than explaining adoption. So, as a teacher I wouldn’t presume to ask or encourage  "donor" discussions. However, adoption is pretty common and is discussed. [/quote]

You probably are the teacher who thinks its entertaining when kids ask other kids who their real parents are.  You aren't getting it.  Kids don't generally want to be different especially when young.[/quote]

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