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Designer Babies Are Teenagers Now—and Some of Them Need Therapy Because of It


“People don’t always realize they are creating a human being and not a piece of furniture.”

Then the kid gets viewed through that lens, which can be pretty devastating and traumatic: “Your donor is nuts, so you must be, too.” The child grows up feeling very different, knowing they were an experiment but not getting the proper support or acceptance they need to thrive. What do you do when one of your children has found their half-siblings and is bonding, while your other child doesn’t have a good experience with their newfound relatives?

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