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Summary: Great way to approach what could be a tough topic
Review: A child's DI origins may be difficult for a parent to discuss. How do you bring it up? What do you tell them? Well, this book will definately help! It is written as a story that you can read to your child at a young age. A must for any parent of a DI child.
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Summary: Let me explain
Review: I found this book to have mostly "feel good" language ie "I'm special and my daddy loves me" rather than a good,clear explanation of what donor insemination is. It also had a couple of real clankers in it - the worst one was "here's me in my Mommys tummy" Mommy's tummy?? This is biologically incorrect information that parents tell their children because they are too embarrassed to use the word "uterus". I will actually white this out in the book before I read it to my child. It might serve as a general reinforcement to your child that it's ok to be a product of donor insemination, but don't expect valuable information from this book.
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Summary: Too family specific - not a good source of general DI info
Review: This book is great for a school-aged girl who has been conceived through DI, is being raised by a mom and a dad, with the dad being the best father in the world.I found this book to be lacking in general, nuts and bolts, child friendly information about DI. There is a little in there, but the majority of the book is devoted to discussing the relationships between the girl and her parents. As a children's book, it is very wordy and the illustrations leave much to be desired. It is clearly directed toward children who are at least 7 or older. As the single mother of a bright, question asking 3 year-old who was conceived through DI, I am beyond feeling dissappointed with this book. I actually feel it would do our family more harm than good. My guess is that most same-sex parents of children conceived through DI will share my opinion.
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