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How to explain genetic choices to your children

My teenage son keeps asking why we didn't edit his genes to make him taller and smarter and I don't know how to explain that we loved him before we even knew him

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Parental love that accepts all possibilities must defend itself against a child's awareness of technological alternatives.

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