Finding Our Families: A First-of-Its-Kind Book for Donor-Conceived People and Their Families
Dec 2013 · Sold by Penguin
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The first comprehensive book that offers invaluable step-by-step advice for families with donor-conceived children.
Wendy Kramer, founder and director of the Donor Sibling Registry, and Naomi Cahn, family and reproductive law professor, have compiled a comprehensive and thorough guide for the growing community of families with donor-conceived children. Kramer and Cahn believe that all donor-conceived children’s desire to know their genetic family must be honored, and in Finding Our Families, they offer advice on how to foster healthy relationships within immediate families and their larger donor family networks based on openness and acceptance.
With honesty and compassion, the authors offer thoughtful strategies and inspirational stories to help parents answer their own, and their children’s, questions and concerns that will surely arise, including:
Wendy Kramer, founder and director of the Donor Sibling Registry, and Naomi Cahn, family and reproductive law professor, have compiled a comprehensive and thorough guide for the growing community of families with donor-conceived children. Kramer and Cahn believe that all donor-conceived children’s desire to know their genetic family must be honored, and in Finding Our Families, they offer advice on how to foster healthy relationships within immediate families and their larger donor family networks based on openness and acceptance.
With honesty and compassion, the authors offer thoughtful strategies and inspirational stories to help parents answer their own, and their children’s, questions and concerns that will surely arise, including:
- How to support your children’s curiosity and desire to know about their ancestry and genetic and medical background.
- How to help children integrate their birth story into a healthy self-image.
- How to help your children search for their donor or half siblings if and when they express interest in doing so.
The first comprehensive book that offers invaluable step-by-step advice for families with donor-conceived children.
Wendy Kramer, founder and director of the Donor Sibling Registry, and Naomi Cahn, family and reproductive law professor, have compiled a comprehensive and thorough guide for the gr...
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Wendy Kramer created the Donor Sibling Registry (DSR) website with her son, Ryan, and is also its director. She lives in Nederland, Colorado.
Naomi Cahn is a family law professor and the Harold H. Greene Professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School.
Naomi Cahn is a family law professor and the Harold H. Greene Professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School.
Wendy Kramer created the Donor Sibling Registry (DSR) website with her son, Ryan, and is also its director. She lives in Nederland, Colorado.
Naomi Cahn is a family law professor and the Harold H. Greene Professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School.
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