Name: Do kids think of sperm donors as family?
Uploaded: 2016-12-09T16:10:43Z
Duration: 12 min 16 s
Description: How do we define a parent -- or a family? Bioethicist Veerle Provoost explores these questions in the context of non-traditional families, ones brought together by adoption, second marriages, surrogate mothers and sperm donations. In this talk, she shares stories of how parents and children create their own family narratives.

How do we define a parent -- or a family? Bioethicist Veerle Provoost explores these questions in the context of non-traditional families, ones brought together by adoption, second marriages, surrogate mothers and sperm donations. In this talk, she shares stories of how parents and children create their own family narratives.

Veerle Provoost: Do kids think of sperm donors as family?

Do kids think of sperm donors as family?

Adopting DIY narratives, families with donor-conceived children weave unique stories of longing and love, embracing creativity.

Amid a society fixated on genetic ties, families formed through donor conception redefine what it means to belong and to love.

Evidence-based advice, tailored to individual family narratives, empowers parents to navigate unconventional pathways to parenthood.