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How single mothers by choice explain family origins

I used a sperm donor to have my child and now she's asking about her father and I don't know how to explain that I wanted her more than I wanted a partner.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Non-traditional family creation requires ongoing narrative construction to help children understand their place in the world.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Parental identity — becoming and losing?”

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