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* In ''Literature/TheGiver'', babies are produced by women whose job title was [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Birthmother]] though the matter of how exactly these babies are conceived is never addressed. The resulting children are raised in 'family units' composed of a man and a woman [[BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage matched up by the Elders]], and only raise one male and one female child. Given that everybody's sex drive and fertility outside of Birthmothers is chemically inhibited by pills for "Stirrings", the kids are fertilized in vitro. WordOfGod explained it was artificial insemination but did not expand further until ''Literature/Son'', which follows Gabe's Birthmother Claire and confirmed the Birthmothers are artificially inseminated.

* In ''Literature/TheGiver'', babies are produced by women whose job title was [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Birthmother]] (though the matter of how exactly these babies are conceived is never addressed) but raised in 'family units' composed of a man and a woman ([[BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage matched up by the Elders]]), and one male and one female child. Given that everybody's sex drive is chemically inhibited (pills for "Stirrings"), it's safe to assume that the kids are fertilized ''in vitro.'' WordOfGod explains that it is artificial insemination, but did not expand further

* True in large part for the Lilliputians of ''Literature/GulliversTravels''.

* Theodora from the ''Ivory'' trilogy by Doris Egan was raised in a creche because the Pyrenese aren't into parenting too much.
* Creator/RobertAHeinlein's Hazel blows her stack at the thought of a child being raised outside the family, in a creche, when there is polygamous family where the child could be raised. Possibly justified by the fact that is exactly how she was raised giving her ample grounds to consider it less than ideal. Also the social conditions on Luna seem to have changed considerably in the decades between ''Literature/TheMoonIsAHarshMistress'' and ''Literature/TheRollingStones1952'' with a general shift from the exotic polygamous systems (caused by the drastic sexual imbalance) to a more conventional nuclear family.
** More likely caused by the fact that Hazel was introduced in the adult-oriented novel ''the Moon is a Harsh Mistress,'' and ''the Rolling Stones'' is a young adult novel. Later adult novel ''the Cat Who Walks Through Walls'' shows that Luna is still a place where polygamy raises no eyebrows. In fact, [[spoiler:Hazel herself is revealed to be the female lead character in ''the Cat Who Walks Through Walls,'' and is engaged in a polygamous relationship with the male lead before the book ends. She seems perfectly comfortable with polygamy, even encourages it.]]
* This appears to be a major political debate in the third part of ''Literature/ACanticleForLeibowitz''.
* In the community portrayed in B.F. Skinner's {{Utopia}}, WaldenTwo, the children are raised by communal effort rather than by the parents. Biological parents' relationships with their children more like close friends, or like uncles and grandparents in modern Western society.

* In the [[OneGenderRace titular]] [[LadyLand country]] of ''Herland'' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, children are raised by select members of the community. Their birth mothers are acknowledged, but aren't expected to have any more impact on their lives than anyone else. This is done with providing an ideal upbringing for the girls in mind; one resident explains that they all believe motherhood, like dentistry, is a job best left to professionals. The (male) narrator is horrified by this attitude, but neither side is explicitly portrayed as being right or wrong.

* ''Film/StarWars'': This is only the norm for the Jedi, who are usually adopted by the order as infants and raised to shun emotional attachments. Part of the reason Yoda was resistant to accepting Anakin was that he was 9, and already had strong blood ties to his mother.

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* The Trolls in ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'' never meet their parents. Genetic material is collected and grown in the eggs of a giant insect, and once the young Trolls grow out of the larval stage they are selected by a monster that they share the colour of their blood with. This monster becomes their 'Lusus Naturae' and [[RaisedByWolves raises them into adulthood]]. They can try to track down other Trolls that they share genes with by finding who had a matching sign, if they choose.

* The Green Martians in the first ''Literature/{{Barsoom}}'' book have their eggs taken by the elders, who chose the best to live. When they hatch, a randomly selected foster mother teaches the child to speak and a few other skills. John Carter sees this as hideously evil and the cause of much of their coldness. One Green Martian was conceived and reared in secret by her mother and knowing who her father is; she is much kinder than the rest. John Carter eventually reunites long suffering families after he leads the Green Martians in their conquest of the Red Martians.

* In ''Literature/WingsOfFire'', [=RainWings=] "don't do parents"; instead, they lay their eggs in a single large clutch, and then then all raise the resulting hatchlings together.

The FreeLoveFuture by necessity may have this attitude towards their kids, since any given person may have dozens of half-siblings, some of whom they might never have met, if the concept of marriage and the NuclearFamily are non-existent. Also worth noting is that surrogacy and HasTwoMommies/Daddies situations don't count, since they involve a sense of parental loyalty and being "exclusive" to a family. Families where parents (or children) work away from home and the other parent, or hired help, look after the children don't count either - they still identify as "belonging" to a family.

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* Creator/RobertAHeinlein's Hazel blows her stack at the thought of a child being raised outside the family, in a creche, when there is polygamous family where the child could be raised. Possibly justified by the fact that is exactly how she was raised giving her ample grounds to consider it less than ideal. Also the social conditions on Luna seem to have changed considerably in the decades between ''Literature/TheMoonIsAHarshMistress'' and ''Literature/TheRollingStones'' with a general shift from the exotic polygamous systems (caused by the drastic sexual imbalance) to a more conventional nuclear family.

The FreeLoveFuture by necessity must have this attitude towards their kids, since any given person may have dozens of half-siblings, some of whom they might never have met, and the concept of marriage and the NuclearFamily is non-existent. Also worth noting is that surrogacy and HasTwoMommies/Daddies situations don't count, since they involve a sense of parental loyalty and being "exclusive" to a family. Families where parents (or children) work away from home and the other parent, or hired help, look after the children don't count either - they still identify as "belonging" to a family.