Ah, yeah, if you use a broader concept it works better.
But even then, I feel like, if kids are *that rare*, there's a reasonable chance that the basic childrearing structure would not necessarily be "a couple"? You will have a lot more adults per kid, and as ellen_fremedon is mentioning upthread, helping with childrearing becomes less of a sacrifice. And you also probably won't have the same concept of inheritance, and family relationships will mean something different when you can have a sibling a thousand years older and a great-great-great-great aunt your own age. So my favorite headcanon is that kids will be passed around and treasured among a much larger pool of adults of varying relationships to each other.
But you could go in a lot of directions! Just if you happen to go in a direction that is exactly like current American culture you really really really need to show your work.
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But even then, I feel like, if kids are *that rare*, there's a reasonable chance that the basic childrearing structure would not necessarily be "a couple"? You will have a lot more adults per kid, and as ellen_fremedon is mentioning upthread, helping with childrearing becomes less of a sacrifice. And you also probably won't have the same concept of inheritance, and family relationships will mean something different when you can have a sibling a thousand years older and a great-great-great-great aunt your own age. So my favorite headcanon is that kids will be passed around and treasured among a much larger pool of adults of varying relationships to each other.
But you could go in a lot of directions! Just if you happen to go in a direction that is exactly like current American culture you really really really need to show your work.