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Why People Are Ditching Marriage But Still Want Kids: The Silent Revolution in Family

Faire famille sans faire couple

Pierre-Yves Wauthier

In this eye-opening video, we dive into Pierre-Yves Wauthier's groundbreaking sociological study, 'Faire famille sans faire couple' (Making Family Without Making a Couple). Discover how modern society is undergoing a massive structural revolution—people are rejecting traditional marriage but still craving family, children, and emotional connection. We explore the five functions of family that are now being unbundled: procreation, child-rearing, emotional attachment, non-reproductive sex, and cohabitation. Through real-life case studies like Sandrine's, we see how individuals are creating distributed parenting networks, living apart together, and even challenging legal systems to recognize three-parent families. This isn't about moral decay—it's about adapting to a new world where economic independence, technology, and changing values are rewriting the rules of intimacy. Watch to understand why the nuclear family is dying and what's replacing it.