My Thoughts On "Branching Out"
Last night, Hallmark Channel premiered the final movie in its 2024 "Spring Into Love" lineup, "Branching Out". The movie revolves around a single mother, Amelia (Sarah Drew) who attempts to track down her daughter Ruby's (Cora Bella) biological father T.J. (Juan Pablo Di Pace) after she begins inquiring about him. Ruby was conceived via IVF, or in vitro fertilization, so her mother is the only family she has ever really known. While I thought that Hallmark Channel did a good job of addressing the topic of IVF, I do have some questions about the movie that I would like to address below. 1. Is Ruby old enough to understand what IVF is? The first time we actually see Ruby mention IVF is when she asks her teacher Miss Weaver (Nikki SooHoo) if she knows what it is. Now Ruby is shown to be exceptionally intelligent for someone her age (9), and her mother might have told her about it early on in her life, but I still wonder whether a nine year old child would ful