Sadie’s story | “I have moments of forgiving my parents…and then moments of absolutely hating them and feeling such disgust for their selfish and irresponsible behavior…”

by Them Before Us | Jan 26, 2024 | EXPORT, Stories

It resonated with me so deeply when you shared on Louise Perry’s podcast that a child feels loved when they see their biological parents sharing affection and love with one another. I felt the opposite when I witnessed my biological parent sharing intimacy with a...

Angelina’s story | “I slammed the phone down, ran to my bed crying in disbelief, and decided my friends would have to be my family.”

by Them Before Us | Nov 2, 2023 | EXPORT, Stories

I had a different childhood as my father was 41 and my mom 18. After they were married for 10 years my mother started seeing a woman behind my dad’s back.   One weekend, me, this woman, an old family friend a few years older than me who was visiting from the UK,...

Michael R.’s story | “It is a no-true-win situation for a child to grow up as donor-conceived.”

by Them Before Us | Oct 17, 2023 | Stories

I was a donor-conceived (IVF) child and a twin born in 1995. My mother desperately wanted to have children but with no prospect of a traditional family. She lived in central California in the 90’s and was near a larger IVF facility. She proceeded to try multiple...

Divorce Is Hardest On The Kids, Even When They’re All Grown Up

by Katie Breckenridge | Aug 29, 2023 | The Latest

(Originally published in The Federalist) Children are made for a daily relationship with their mothers and fathers, which is best achieved within the life-long union of marriage. As the phenomenon known as “gray divorce,” or divorce over the age of 50, increases (34.9...

The effects of gray divorce on adult children

by Katie Breckenridge | Jul 17, 2023 | The Latest

Children are made for a daily relationship with their mother and father, which is best achieved within the life-long union of marriage. As the phenomenon known as “gray divorce,” or divorce over the age of 50, increases (34.9 percent of all divorces in the U.S. in...