This is a wonderful book. It's written by a therapist about her experiences with families (gay, straight, married, single) who have children using a "birth other" (a donor or surrogate). Her basic stance is that creating families in these ways raises a lot of feelings and questions for people (both those doing it, others in the lives, total strangers) and that those feelings are OK and can be acknowledged and addressed to create strong families. It really shifted my thinking about a lo More...

This book gave some really concrete real life examples of how to deal with this topic when talking with your child. I found it quite helpful and realistic. The author was very clear in stating the research that hasn't been conducted or gathered based on the age of the technology and choices people have made.