Parent-Child Relationships

Serious Life Questions Do you plan to have children? Why or why not? How many do you plan to have? What influences your decision to have children and the # you will have? Do you see an increase or decrease in births for your generation?

Why do we choose to have children? Emotional Reasons Religious/Cultural Economic (in past) Social Pressure *be aware that some choose not to have children by choice (childless by choice)*

The Birth Rate Chart

Issues around Fertility Delayed Parenting – Why are we having children later? Education Cohabitation Later Marriage Fertility Problems Women in workforce and career Individualism

Issues in Fertility Birth Control and Contraceptives Teen Birth Rates Dropping Delayed Child Birth Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Technology and Childbirth Assisted Human Reproduction

Rights in Canada Payment of compensation to a surrogate is prohibited. Surrogacy is legal in Canada Purchase of gametes from a sperm donor, an ovum donor or an embryo donor is a prohibited activity. Egg donation is not illegal in Canada. Several of Toronto area clinics, but not all, are open to third party reproductive technology. Fewer of the clinics outside the greater Toronto area are open to egg donation and/or surrogacy.

Fertility/Pre-Natal Options ART in the US/Canada has more than doubled since ten years ago. Look up the following terms online and be prepared to discuss Wednesday: Invitro Fertiliztion IVF with Sperm Injection (ICSI) Artificial Insemination (IUI) Sex Selection (USA) Surrogacy Cryopreservation (Freezing eggs and Embryos) Fertility Medications Pre-Genetic Screening Pre-Genetic Diagnosis