Really, no aunts or uncles, basically no family. So the state can be your family I guess. But, I wonder if that’s not in store here too, at least for many families. I know many people with one child or no children. Another interesting (but sad in my opinion) phenomena is that because so many American couples are waiting so late to have children their kids don’t have Grandparents as they get older. It’s really changed the dynamics of being a family (and not for the better in my opinion).
...one child or no children ...
Out of my closest college friends, I have the most children with three. I was 33, 35 and 38 when they were born.
Of my friends, one has never married, four have only one child and one recently got married at age 45.
One of my friends had her first and only child at age 40.
The sad thing is, my friends come from good Christian families. We all married kind of late-ish. If only we all could have had more kids to pass along our values.