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Telling the Child
The section “telling the child” does not conform to the Neutral Point of View pillar because it is biased against parents who chose to not disclose donor conception.. The section about why parents are reluctant to tell their children needs to be expanded to be more balanced. Currently the reasons cited for parents not telling their children are about others ie public shame or issues with extended family members. It makes it sound like the parents who chose not to disclose the donor information to their children are bad parents but a study done on heterosexual couples has shown that both parents who do and don’t disclose the information emphasize the child’s best interests. Thus the following tex needs to be added to the page.

A systematic review of factors contributing to parental decision-making in disclosing donor conception has shown that both parents who do and do not disclose donor conception cite the child’s best interest as the main factor they use to make the decision. Parents who disclose emphasize the importance of an honest child-parent relationship while parents who did not disclose emphasized the desire to protect the child from social stigma or other trauma.