Years 5–20: The Bureaucratic Baby Boom
Clinical reproduction: Having children becomes a planned, civic, or deeply personal decision, completely detached from physical intimacy.
Lab-grown generation: Artificial wombs and genetic screening receive trillions in funding to replace traditional pregnancy.
Redefined families: The "nuclear family" dissolves, replaced by platonic co-parenting pairs, communes, or single parents by choice.
Urban shifts: Cities redesign housing away from "bachelor pads" and couples' apartments toward communal living spaces.