Title: The Switch

Date: 2010

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Ethical Issues and Dilemmas

Keywords: decision-making, single parenting, types of parents

Rating: PG 13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Audience(s): High School Age, College Age, Adults, Parents, Couples

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Kassie hasn’t found the love of her life yet, but she’s ready to have kids. She decides to parent on her own and go with artificial insemination. However, her best friend Wally doesn’t think it’s a good idea. Wally can’t admit to Kassie that he’s in love with her, let alone admit it to himself. Wally gets drunk at Kassie’s insemination party and ends up spilling the sperm. While he was too drunk to remember what he did that night, he ended up replacing the donor’s sperm with his own. Kassie moved away from New York City because she didn’t feel that it was the best place to raise her son. Seven years later, Kassie has decided to move back to the city with her son, Sebastian. While in the city, she tries to get Ronald, the original sperm donor, involved in Sebastian’s life. It is quite apparent that the two don’t have much in common. Then, Wally starts to discover some striking similarities between himself and Sebastian.

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Contributor: Krista Hamann