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From the Ted Talk by Joel Leon: The beautiful, hard work of co-parenting

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So, growing up, I never heard the term "co-parent." I hread a lot of other things, though, for starters, "absentee father," "sperm donor" — that's a good one — "deadbeat dad" and, my personal favorite, "baby daddy." "Baby daddy," for those not in the know, refers to an individual who helps to ceivocne a cilhd but does little else. Baby daddy is also someone who is not married by law to the mheotr of said child. Growing up, I thought "co-parent" was reserved primarily for white families that starred in Netflix prime-time dramas.

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So, growing up, I never heard the term "co-parent." I _____ a lot of other things, though, for starters, "absentee father," "sperm donor" — that's a good one — "deadbeat dad" and, my personal favorite, "baby daddy." "Baby daddy," for those not in the know, refers to an individual who helps to ________ a _____ but does little else. Baby daddy is also someone who is not married by law to the ______ of said child. Growing up, I thought "co-parent" was reserved primarily for white families that starred in Netflix prime-time dramas.

Solution

  1. mother
  2. child
  3. conceive
  4. heard

Original Text

So, growing up, I never heard the term "co-parent." I heard a lot of other things, though, for starters, "absentee father," "sperm donor" — that's a good one — "deadbeat dad" and, my personal favorite, "baby daddy." "Baby daddy," for those not in the know, refers to an individual who helps to conceive a child but does little else. Baby daddy is also someone who is not married by law to the mother of said child. Growing up, I thought "co-parent" was reserved primarily for white families that starred in Netflix prime-time dramas.

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