--- description: The video is complete with illustrations title: Watch a Little Girl Explain How Her Two Moms Had a Baby image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch a Little Girl Explain How Her Two Moms Had a Baby by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 28, 2015 8:13 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 28, 2015 8:13 PM CUT An adorable and very helpful 7-year-old girl with two moms decided to make a video to help other kids explain to their friends and classmates how they were conceived. “About 6-8 months ago, I asked \[Sophia\] if anyone asked questions about her having two moms, and she told me that some people said it was impossible for her not to have a daddy,” her mom, Brandy Black, [told ](http://www.buzzfeed.com/skarlan/breaking-down-the-facts-of-life?bftw&utm%5Fterm=4ldqpfp#.pdnBnP06m "undefined")BuzzFeed News. Black decided to explain to Sophia the basics of sperm donation, so that she could be better informed about how her family came to be. “Navigating your way through parenthood is hard enough, and as a lesbian mom, figuring out how to keep your child informed is a learning process,” Black said. After that conversation, they decided to create the above video, produced by [The Next Family.](http://thenextfamily.com/ "undefined") Be sure to check out Sophia’ illustrations, which include a sperm donor in a green suit, toting a bag labeled “sperm.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3838863/girl-explains-two-moms-baby/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3838863/girl-explains-two-moms-baby/"},"headline":"Watch a Little Girl Explain How Her Two Moms Had a Baby","datePublished":"2015-04-28T20:13:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:14.638Z","description":"The video is complete with illustrations","url":"https://time.com/3838863/girl-explains-two-moms-baby/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3838863/girl-explains-two-moms-baby/","name":"Watch a Little Girl Explain How Her Two Moms Had a Baby"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3838863/girl-explains-two-moms-baby/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3838863/girl-explains-two-moms-baby/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```