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* The Air Nomads of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' apparently raised their children in sex-segregated temples. [[TheChosenOne Aang]] had a ParentalSubstitute in Monk Gyatso. This doesn't keep Aang himself from raising his own children, as his wife is from the Water Tribe and there are no other Air Nomads to raise them communally. Aang's son Tenzin (an airbender with airbender children) sorts of meets thing halfway, raising his children with his wife, but in a compound shared with followers of Air Nomad teachings.

* The Air Nomads of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' apparently raised their children in sex-segregated temples. [[TheChosenOne Aang]] had a ParentalSubstitute in Monk Gyatso. This doesn't keep Aang himself from raising his own children, as his wife is from the Water Tribe and there are no other Air Nomads to raise them communally.

* The [[ActualPacifist RainWing tribe]] in ''Literature/WingsOfFire'' have their eggs in communal hatcheries, where no one keeps track of which eggs are whose - the eggs aren't even ''counted''. Dragonets are raised and mentored by the entire tribe, a system that actually seems to work rather well, as demonstrated by [[DisabilitySuperpower Tamarin]]. To avoid inbreeding, they do the "venom test" with any potential mate (both dragons spit venom on the same spot, and if the second dragon's venom cancels out the first's, they're close relatives). However, [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Glory]] (who was taken from the tribe before hatching and didn't know anything about {{RainWing}} society) is outraged once she finds out that [[ParentalNeglect no one even knew, or cared, that she was missing]], especially since she and her friends [[ScrewDestiny ran away]] ''specifically to find their families''. (Though she does use the venom test to find two of her relatives: Jambu, her elder brother/half-brother, and Grandeur, her grandmother/great-aunt.)

* The [[ActualPacifist RainWing tribe]] in ''Literature/WingsOfFire'' have their eggs in communal hatcheries, where no one keeps track of which eggs are whose - the eggs aren't even ''counted''. Dragonets are raised and mentored by the entire tribe, a system that actually seems to work rather well, as demonstrated by [[DisabilitySuperpower Tamarin]]. To avoid inbreeding, they do the "venom test" with any potential mate (both dragons spit venom on the same spot, and if the second dragon's venom cancels out the first's, they're close relatives). However, [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Glory]](who was taken from the tribe before hatching and didn't know anything about {{RainWing}} society) is outraged once she finds out that [[ParentalNeglect no one even knew, or cared, that she was missing]], especially since she and her friends [[ScrewDestiny ran away]] ''specifically to find their families''. (Though she does use the venom test to find two of her relatives: Jambu, her elder brother/half-brother, and Grandeur, her grandmother/great-aunt.)

* The [[ActualPacifist RainWing tribe]] in ''Literature/WingsOfFire'' have their eggs in communal hatcheries, where no one keeps track of which eggs are whose - the eggs aren't even ''counted''. Dragonets are raised and mentored by the entire tribe, a system that actually seems to work rather well, as demonstrated by [[DisabilitySuperpower Tamarin]]. To avoid inbreeding, they do the "venom test" with any potential mate (both of them spit venom on the same spot, and if the second dragon's venom cancels out the first's, they're close relatives). However, [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Glory]](who was taken from the tribe before hatching and didn't know anything about RainWing society) is outraged once she finds out that [[ParentalNeglect no one even knew, or cared, that she was missing]], especially since she and her friends [[ScrewDestiny ran away]] ''specifically to find their families''. (Though she does use the venom test to find two of her relatives: Jambu, her elder brother/half-brother, and Grandeur, her grandmother/great-aunt.)

* The [[ActualPacifist RainWing tribe]] in ''Literature/WingsOfFire'' have their eggs in communal hatcheries, where no one keeps track of which eggs are whose - the eggs aren't even ''counted''. Dragonets are raised and mentored by the entire tribe, a system that actually seems to work rather well, as demonstrated by [[DisabilitySuperpower Tamarin]]. To avoid inbreeding, {{RainWings}} do the "venom test" with any potential mate (both of them spit venom on the same spot, and if the second dragon's venom cancels out the first's, they're close relatives). However, [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Glory]](who was taken from the tribe before hatching and didn't know anything about RainWing society) is outraged once she finds out that [[ParentalNeglect no one even knew, or cared, that she was missing]], especially since she and her friends [[ScrewDestiny ran away]] ''specifically to find their families''. (Though she does use the venom test to find two of her relatives: Jambu, her elder brother/half-brother, and Grandeur, her grandmother/great-aunt.)

* The [[ActualPacifist {{RainWing}} tribe]] in ''Literature/WingsOfFire'' have their eggs in communal hatcheries, where no one keeps track of which eggs are whose - the eggs aren't even ''counted''. Dragonets are raised and mentored by the entire tribe, a system that actually seems to work rather well, as demonstrated by [[DisabilitySuperpower Tamarin]]. To avoid inbreeding, RainWings do the "venom test" with any potential mate (both of them spit venom on the same spot, and if the second dragon's venom cancels out the first's, they're close relatives). However, [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Glory]](who was taken from the tribe before hatching and didn't know anything about RainWing society) is outraged once she finds out that [[ParentalNeglect no one even knew, or cared, that she was missing]], especially since she and her friends [[ScrewDestiny ran away]] ''specifically to find their families''. (Though she does use the venom test to find two of her relatives: Jambu, her elder brother/half-brother, and Grandeur, her grandmother/great-aunt.)

* The [[ActualPacifist RainWing tribe]] in ''Literature/WingsOfFire'' have their eggs in communal hatcheries, where no one keeps track of which eggs are whose - the eggs aren't even ''counted''. Dragonets are raised and mentored by the entire tribe, a system that actually seems to work rather well, as demonstrated by [[DisabilitySuperpower Tamarin]]. To avoid inbreeding, RainWings do the "venom test" with any potential mate (both of them spit venom on the same spot, and if the second dragon's venom cancels out the first's, they're close relatives). However, [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Glory]](who was taken from the tribe before hatching and didn't know anything about RainWing society) is outraged once she finds out that [[ParentalNeglect no one even knew, or cared, that she was missing]], especially since she and her friends [[ScrewDestiny ran away]] ''specifically to find their families''. (Though she does use the venom test to find two of her relatives: Jambu, her elder brother/half-brother, and Grandeur, her grandmother/great-aunt.)

* 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 ([[ArrangedMarriage 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

* In ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'', Omni-Man tries to treat his sons this way, but he's too good of a person to [[spoiler:kill Mark when he won't join with him]]. He does, however, tell his son that his mother is more like a pet than a lover due to how long Viltrumites live.

* The Air Nomads of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' apparently raised their children in sex-segregated temples. [[TheChosenOne Aang]] had a ParentalSubstitute in Monk Gyatso. Even though Aang himself ends up getting married and having kids.

* The Air Nomads of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' apparently raised their children in sex-segregated temples. [[TheChosenOne Aang]] had a ParentalSubstitute in Monk Gyatso.

* Greil in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance]]'' holds this view of his mercenaries: "In times like these, it matters not what our blood ties are. We are family. If you don't want to cause your family any grief, then live!" It doesn't stop him from raising Ike and Mist, and bequeathing command of the Greil Mercenaries to Ike, though.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', gargoyle children are raised communally by the adults of their "clan." Although blood ties exist, gargoyles do not distinguish between their own biological offspring and other children of the clan (Although, to avoid inbreeding, they are still able identify close blood relations by scent). When Elisa notes that Angela is clearly Goliath's daughter, he responds that she belongs to the entire family unit. Angela was raised by humans, however, and adopted many human values, so when she finds out that Goliath and Demona are her genetic parents, she expresses greater emotional attachment to them than to the other members of the former Clan Wyvern. Goliath, trying to resist the corruption of his traditional gargoyle values, intentionally avoids showing too much affection for Angela so that he doesn't appear to be showing favoritism toward his genetic offspring, until it's pointed out that she's the only child on his and Elisa's "world tour", and the youngest member of Clan Manhattan. (Demona, meanwhile, has her own psychotic obsession with Angela that doesn't really mesh well with Human or Gargoyle values.)

Compare and contrast RaisedByTheCommunity, where this is not the societal norm.

* 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 ([[ArrangedMarriage 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

A universe in which parents are not expected to raise their own offspring. As a consequence, few people value, or even acknowledge, parent/child relationships.

** This seems to be a cultural vs. personal. As a culture, the eggs are not bound to a family, rather to the clan (which clan is possible to change). On a personal level, Goliath and Demona both view Angela as their daughter and she sees them as her parents.
*** It's really pretty complex.
*** What did you expect? It's {{Creator/Greg Weisman}}.

* This trope comes into play in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' tales of Creator/AAPessimal: tales set in the Assassins' Guild School draw on one of the constant themes of British boarding school literature, the underlying trope that when young people are separated from their families for most of the year for up to seven years, ''the school takes over'' as surrogate family. Assassin students learn that wherever they came from, the House becomes their primary family and Housemates their effective siblings. In all British boarding schools, this becomes a rich vein for tales to come from, and like families, the House develops its own idiosyncratic history and traditions. And as Assassin teachers know, some of the bitterest and bloodiest arguments happen inside families, therefore access to weapons and poisons is ''strictly'' monitored and regulated.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', gargoyle children are raised communally by the adults of their "clan." Although blood ties exist, gargoyles do not distinguish (and usually don't even know the difference) between their own biological offspring and other children of the clan. When Elisa notes that Angela is clearly Goliath's daughter, he responds that she belongs to the entire family unit. Angela was raised by humans, however, and adopted many human values, so when she finds out that Goliath and Demona are her genetic parents, she expresses greater emotional attachment to them than to the other members of the former Clan Wyvern. Goliath, trying to resist the corruption of his traditional gargoyle values, intentionally avoids showing too much affection for Angela so that he doesn't appear to be showing favoritism toward his genetic offspring, until it's pointed out that she's the only child on his and Elisa's "world tour", and the youngest member of Clan Manhattan. (Demona, meanwhile, has her own psychotic obsession with Angela that doesn't really mesh well with Human or Gargoyle values.)

* The [[PettingZooPeople Jakkai]] from ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'' lay their eggs once every ten years and are all placed in a single nursery. When the eggs hatch they are nursed by the females who had lain the eggs but have no knowledge of which child is theirs, they also receive their last names at birth from the village elders and are named for a unique physical feature or personality (exc-Protagonist Rhea Snaketail was named for her unusually long tail and her friend Ramirez Bloodeyes was named for his red eyes), they get to pick their first name when they're older. [[note]] Chu the comic's creator is a fan of the show ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' and based the jakkai's parenting methods from the cartoon. [[/note]]

* In Creator/OctaviaButler's ''Literature/{{Patternist}}'' 'verse, psychic parents ''cannot stand'' their own offspring, so all children are raised in boarding schools run by specialized psychics. They know who their parents are, but it's not important.

There's a few ways this scenario can be played. If it's idealistic, and the system turns out well adjusted, independent children, then it's usually seen as a type of AuthorAppeal. Perhaps the author is suggesting that science, the good of the community and universal kinship should supercede bonds like family...but on the other hand, some observe that it may be a form of wish fulfilment, where you can ensure the continuation of your bloodline without getting "tied down" by the needs of a child.

* In ''Literature/TheStarAreColdToys'', the [[HumanAlien Geometer]] society has adopted this rule centuries ago. Parents remain with their children until they're about 4-5 years old, at which point all children are raised by the Mentors. This ensures absolute loyalty to the common good and to the societal ideals. When Nik (suffering from LaserGuidedAmnesia) questions this method of rearing children over keeping them with their parents, his friends look at him like he's insane and wonder why he'd want to go back to the primitive way of doing things, when Mentorship is clearly superior. Of course, the real reason Nik is so against it is because [[spoiler:he's really Pyotr Khrumov, turned into a ManchurianAgent with the help of an alien symbiote, sent to assess the Geometers and figure out if it's worth for Earth to ally with them]].