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How to handle family questions about single parenthood by choice

I am single and used a sperm donor and my family keeps asking about the father and I do not know how to explain that this was my choice and I am not missing anything.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Choosing single parenthood challenges conventional family narratives and often requires defending decisions that feel completely right internally.

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