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> do all recipients of sperm donors explain that to their children? I don't have children, so my question may come across as callous, but how would you not?
by akira2501 4y ago
> do all recipients of sperm donors explain that to their children?
I don't have children, so my question may come across as callous, but how would you not?
Aside from the genetic relatives issue there are a host of other medical issues and complications that arise from not having the full identity of the other parent. Considering that this particular part of the issue that can only arise in adulthood, I was sort of assuming that you'd almost certainly explain the situation to them by that point.
- anonymouskimmer 4y agoYou're ignoring that many people don't want to rock the boat. And anytime you tell a child that the person they thought was their daddy, isn't, you're rocking the boat. Regardless of the age of the child. If this is an un-partnered mother and her children, then sure, much less excuse to not tell the kid, and much less reason to not tell them. But for partnered couples there's an inherent friction built in.
- kevviiinn 4y agoYou're again making a huge assumption, that which assumes that all people who have children are so responsible or have as much forethought