I pictured a parallel universe in which a different social battle was raging....
Statistics show that there are an increasing number of children who are unhappy with the biological families they find themselves in.
Washington Post, July 9th 2023
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In response, a number of progressive thinkers begin to explore the concept of “open parenting” where mere biological relationship is seen as having only a superficial significance, and where children as young as ten are encouraged to seek their “soul parents” - I.e. adults they get along with better and who perhaps offer them a more comfortable standard of living, fewer rules, more sweets etc.
In this parallel world, it would be fashionable to bring up kids without surnames and to hide your identity as parents in order for them to be allowed to find their “true” parents.
You might get university departments describing children who identify with their biological families as “cis-familiar” and conversely, people who tell their children to “never go off with strangers” being censured for hate crimes!