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Declining fertility means not just fewer children, but much less rich and complex family structures in general. A culture in which one\u2019s parents have one or no siblings is one very nearly without aunts and uncles. The University of Maine\u2019s Robert Milardo has called these \u201cthe forgotten kin<\/a>\u201d arguing that \u201caunts and uncles complement the work of parents, sometimes act as second parents, and sometimes form entirely unique brands of intimacy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Declining fertility means not just fewer children, but much less rich and complex family structures in general. A culture in which one\u2019s parents have one or no siblings is one very nearly without aunts and uncles. The University of Maine\u2019s Robert Milardo has called these \u201cthe forgotten kin\u201d arguing that \u201caunts and uncles complement the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[17,203,29],"class_list":["post-6570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-children-will-listen","tag-i-dont-believe-in-modern-love","tag-marriage-2"],"yoast_head":"\nWorld without cousins<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Declining fertility means not just fewer children, but much less rich and complex family structures in general. 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