One issue that worries many women who decide to face motherhood alone is how to talk to children about their origin tomorrow. Rosa Maestro, its author, has thought about this when writing 'Cloe wants to be a mom', a beautiful story to explain to the children of single mothers where they come from.
Rosa is the mother of two girls, Alba, 9, the result of an Artificial Insemination with Donor (IAD) and Nabila, 4, the result of an adoption. At the same time, she is the founder of the Masola.org website aimed at providing support and information to women who decide to be single mothers by choice.
He felt the need to transmit his experience through the book, with the idea of accompanying other mothers in the process of transmitting as naturally as possible and in a way that children could understand, what their origin is.
In the story there is a 'Dr. Wonders' which is who "puts the magic seed in the little triplet" of Cloe. The seed, when Alba was three years old, appeared in a jar inside a star-shaped box that her mother had found under the pillow, after asking the shooting star Perseida to make her most desired wish come true: "to be a mom without having a dad. "
The stories written by those who have lived the experiences have a special sensitivity, as it has 'Cloe wants to be a mom', also illustrated in a beautiful way. It's a nice way to tell the children how brave their mother was the day she made the decision to be a mother alone.
This is only the beginning, because it is the first book in a collection about "different" families. Assisted reproduction techniques are causing an increasing variety of family models. The next story will be about children as a result of donating eggs and / or sperm.
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