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From the Ted Talk by Veerle Provoost: Do kids think of sperm donors as family?

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At this point, none of the cridlehn started mentioning the donor. So, I asked them about their birth story. I said, "Before you were born, it was just your mom and dad, or mom and mommy. Can you tell me how you came into the falimy?" And they explained. One said, "My pntraes did not have good sedes, but there are friendly men out there who have spare seeds. They bring them to the hospital, and they put them in a big jar. My mommy went there, and she took two from the jar, one for me and one for my sister. She put the seeds in her belly — somehow — and her belly grew really big, and there I was."

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At this point, none of the ________ started mentioning the donor. So, I asked them about their birth story. I said, "Before you were born, it was just your mom and dad, or mom and mommy. Can you tell me how you came into the ______?" And they explained. One said, "My _______ did not have good _____, but there are friendly men out there who have spare seeds. They bring them to the hospital, and they put them in a big jar. My mommy went there, and she took two from the jar, one for me and one for my sister. She put the seeds in her belly — somehow — and her belly grew really big, and there I was."

Solution


  1. family
  2. children
  3. seeds
  4. parents

Original Text


At this point, none of the children started mentioning the donor. So, I asked them about their birth story. I said, "Before you were born, it was just your mom and dad, or mom and mommy. Can you tell me how you came into the family?" And they explained. One said, "My parents did not have good seeds, but there are friendly men out there who have spare seeds. They bring them to the hospital, and they put them in a big jar. My mommy went there, and she took two from the jar, one for me and one for my sister. She put the seeds in her belly — somehow — and her belly grew really big, and there I was."

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Important Words


  1. asked
  2. belly
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  7. children
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  9. donor
  10. explained
  11. family
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  14. grew
  15. hospital
  16. jar
  17. men
  18. mentioning
  19. mom
  20. mommy
  21. parents
  22. point
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  24. seeds
  25. sister
  26. spare
  27. started
  28. story