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FALLOUT FAMILIES:
THE NEW NUCLEAR
Rede$ining	
  the
family	
  structure	
  
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Tuesday, November 10, 15
Tuesday, November 10, 15
FALLOUT FAMILIES
Welcome	
  to	
  our	
  FringeStream	
  series,	
  our	
  monthly	
  
magazine	
  exploring	
  how	
  the	
  fringes	
  of	
  culture	
  are	
  
shaping	
  mass	
  behaviors.	
  What	
  happens	
  when	
  
fragmentation,	
  diversity	
  and	
  the	
  choice	
  to	
  live	
  
differently	
  becomes	
  the	
  new	
  normal?
This	
  month	
  we	
  explore	
  Fallout	
  Families,	
  which	
  
challenges	
  us	
  to	
  think	
  about	
  family	
  structures	
  
differently	
  and	
  brings	
  to	
  life	
  what	
  new	
  family	
  norms	
  
look	
  like,	
  moving	
  beyond	
  the	
  traditional	
  -­‐	
  and	
  
increasingly	
  outdated	
  -­‐	
  model	
  of	
  the	
  nuclear	
  family.	
  	
  
Tuesday, November 10, 15
“FALLOUT FAMILIES”
Tuesday, November 10, 15
WHAT IS IT?
THE NUCLEAR FAMILY IS ON THE DECLINE.
Today	
  it	
  is	
  far	
  more	
  likely	
  that	
  a	
  family	
  will	
  not	
  be	
  
the	
  archetypal	
  married	
  couple	
  with	
  2.4	
  kids.	
  
Advertisers,	
  marketers,	
  researchers	
  and	
  media	
  
planners	
  (not	
  to	
  mention	
  the	
  rest	
  of	
  the	
  business	
  
world)	
  continue	
  to	
  adhere	
  to	
  a	
  model	
  in	
  which	
  most	
  
adults	
  are	
  imagined	
  to	
  be	
  on	
  a	
  journey	
  to,	
  through	
  
and	
  from	
  the	
  standard	
  nuclear	
  family	
  -­‐	
  because	
  it’s	
  
easy.	
  And	
  it’s	
  comfortable.	
  And	
  mainstream.	
  
Except	
  that	
  it	
  no	
  longer	
  is.
“Married	
  couples	
  
with	
  2.4	
  kids	
  don't	
  
really	
  exist:	
  today,	
  
only	
  a	
  quarter	
  of	
  
families	
  could	
  be	
  
termed	
  ‘nuclear’”
The	
  Guardian,	
  2013
THE FAMILY DYNAMIC IS CHANGING...
WE’RE LIVING IN A POST-NUCLEAR WORLD
Tuesday, November 10, 15
WHY IS IT?
New	
  versions	
  of	
  the	
  traditional	
  family	
  have	
  been	
  enabled	
  or	
  necessitated	
  
by	
  a	
  variety	
  of	
  factors,	
  including:	
  the	
  economic	
  crisis,	
  progression	
  in	
  LGBT	
  
rights,	
  an	
  ageing	
  population,	
  the	
  housing	
  shortage	
  in	
  major	
  cities,	
  rising	
  
divorce	
  rates,	
  improving	
  gender	
  equality	
  and	
  Kluidity.	
  We	
  are	
  living	
  in	
  a	
  
more	
  progressive	
  and	
  tolerant	
  society	
  than	
  ever	
  before.
Above	
  all	
  we	
  now	
  live	
  in	
  a	
  world	
  in	
  which	
  people	
  are	
  increasingly	
  
questioning	
  the	
  need	
  to	
  follow	
  traditional	
  ways	
  of	
  being.	
  
…THIS IS CAUSED OR ENABLED
BY ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND
CULTURAL SHIFTS...
Tuesday, November 10, 15
…WHICH GIVES RISE TO A NUMBER OF
NEW NON-NUCLEAR FAMILY TYPES
RISE OF THE
SOLOMOR
DINKs
(dual income, no kids)
REVERSING
GENDER ROLES
SAME SEX
PARTNERS
MULTI-GENERATIONAL
LIVING
MULTI-PARENTAL
FAMILIES
TRADITIONAL MODEL
THE OUTCOME: NUCLEAR FAMILIES
Tuesday, November 10, 15
WHAT IS IT?
32% OF MARRIED FATHERS
(approximately 7 million dads)
are “a regular source of care
for their children under age
15”, up from 26% in 2002
THE
NEW
NORMAL:
Mothers are now the SOLE
OR PRIMARY INCOME
PROVIDER in a record 40%
of households with children
Over a lifetime,
unmarried women can
pay as much as a
million dollars more
than their married
counterparts for
healthcare,
taxes and more
FAMILIES
FALLOUT
In the US, the number of people living in multigenerational homes doubled from around 28 million in 1980 to 57 million in
2012. Whilst in the UK, more than 500,000 households consist of more than three generations, rising to 556,000 by 2019.
28Mpeople living in
multigenerational
homes
57Mpeople living in
multigenerational
homes
1980 2012
500k+households consist
of more than three
generations
2015
556k+households consist
of more than three
generations
2019
In the US, among those under age
50 nearly half of LGBT women (48%)
are raising a child under age 18
along with a fifth of LGBT men (20%)
20%48%the fastest growing category
of households is:
IN THE US AND UK...
Tuesday, November 10, 15
THE CHALLENGE FOR BRANDS
BRANDS INCREASINGLY SHOW THAT
THEY ‘GET’ THE CONTEMPORARY FAMILY
BY MIXING UP THE INGREDIENTS A LITTLE:	
  
a	
  mixed-­‐race	
  couple	
  here,	
  a	
  divorced	
  dad	
  there,	
  
maybe	
  even	
  some	
  same-­‐sex	
  parents.	
  
Typically	
  these	
  are	
  taboo-­‐breaking	
  statements	
  
that	
  intentionally	
  celebrate	
  the	
  fringes.	
  And	
  that’s	
  
great.	
  But	
  increasingly	
  those	
  fringes	
  are	
  the	
  norm.	
  
Brands	
  that	
  want	
  to	
  really	
  connect	
  with	
  
contemporary	
  families	
  need	
  to	
  go	
  one	
  step	
  
further	
  -­‐	
  reKlecting	
  this	
  new	
  normal	
  for	
  what	
  it	
  is:	
  
normal.
“Making	
  advertising	
  more	
  
representative	
  of	
  the	
  society	
  it	
  
serves	
  tends	
  to	
  follow	
  two	
  clear	
  
stages.	
  The	
  First	
  is	
  to	
  actively	
  break	
  
taboos	
  that	
  hold	
  society	
  back	
  and	
  
in	
  which	
  the	
  inclusion	
  of	
  people	
  
that	
  are	
  different	
  to	
  the	
  norm	
  is	
  to	
  
make	
  a	
  point.	
  The	
  second	
  is	
  about	
  
normalising	
  those	
  groups	
  as	
  an	
  
unremarkable	
  part	
  of	
  
contemporary	
  life.”	
  
Richard	
  Huntingdon
Director	
  of	
  Strategy,	
  Saatchi	
  &	
  Saatchi
BRANDS AND THE NEW NORMAL
Tuesday, November 10, 15
“The	
  repercussions	
  of	
  these	
  [family]	
  
changes	
  on	
  housing,	
  pensions,	
  
health	
  and	
  long-­‐term	
  care,	
  labour	
  
markets,	
  education	
  and	
  public	
  
Jinances,	
  have	
  been	
  remarkable”
OECD	
  Report,	
  The	
  Future	
  of	
  Families,	
  2011
THE CHALLENGE FOR SOCIETY
AND IT’S NOT JUST THE MARKETING WORLD
THAT NEEDS TO REFLECT THIS NEW NORMAL.
We	
  live	
  in	
  a	
  world	
  built	
  for	
  nuclear	
  families:	
  family	
  
cars,	
  family	
  meals,	
  family	
  homes,	
  family	
  holiday	
  
deals.	
  And	
  it’s	
  not	
  just	
  products.	
  Everything	
  from	
  
maternity/paternity	
  leave	
  to	
  tax	
  beneKits	
  were	
  set	
  up	
  
to	
  beneKit	
  nuclear	
  families.	
  
Today,	
  52%	
  of	
  British	
  adults	
  	
  feel	
  that	
  the	
  
Government	
  fails	
  to	
  take	
  their	
  family	
  set-­‐up	
  into	
  
account.	
  
The	
  rise	
  of	
  Fallout	
  Families	
  demands	
  new	
  thinking	
  
and	
  new	
  solutions	
  right	
  across	
  society	
  -­‐	
  with	
  
implications	
  for	
  politics,	
  healthcare,	
  property,	
  
Kinancial	
  products,	
  employment	
  law	
  and	
  childcare.
SOCIETY AND THE NEW NORMAL
Tuesday, November 10, 15
There	
  has	
  been	
  a	
  proportional	
  decline	
  of	
  
marriage	
  since	
  the	
  1970s.	
  51%	
  of	
  the	
  adult	
  
population	
  of	
  England	
  and	
  Wales	
  is	
  ‘not	
  
married’,	
  and	
  43.6%	
  of	
  American	
  adults	
  are	
  
unmarried	
  (61%	
  have	
  never	
  been	
  married).	
  
Since	
  2000	
  the	
  most	
  common	
  household	
  in	
  
America	
  has	
  been	
  a	
  person	
  living	
  alone.
While	
  we	
  know	
  that	
  it	
  is	
  more	
  expensive	
  to	
  
be	
  single	
  (cost	
  of	
  living,	
  tax	
  bene$its,	
  
healthcare	
  etc.)	
  we	
  see	
  that	
  many	
  of	
  our	
  
‘singles’	
  are	
  choosing	
  to	
  be	
  single,	
  living	
  the	
  
life	
  they	
  want	
  to	
  create,	
  with	
  or	
  without	
  a	
  
partner.
In	
  Denmark,	
  in	
  particular,	
  we	
  are	
  seeing	
  a	
  
rise	
  of	
  the	
  ‘Solomor’;	
  single	
  women	
  who	
  are	
  
choosing	
  to	
  get	
  pregnant	
  or	
  adopt	
  without	
  
the	
  immediate	
  support	
  of	
  a	
  partner.	
  A	
  trend	
  
that	
  has	
  been	
  growing	
  since	
  2007	
  when	
  they	
  
offered	
  single	
  women	
  free	
  fertility	
  treatment.	
  
With	
  companies	
  like	
  Facebook	
  and	
  Apple	
  
offering	
  support	
  to	
  freeze	
  women’s	
  eggs,	
  the	
  
options	
  and	
  the	
  $inancial	
  support	
  to	
  ‘opt	
  in’	
  
to	
  parenthood	
  single	
  is	
  on	
  the	
  rise	
  -­‐	
  with	
  the	
  
understanding	
  that	
  it	
  can	
  take	
  a	
  village	
  to	
  
raise	
  a	
  child,	
  not	
  just	
  two	
  heterosexual	
  
parents.
THE RISE OF THE
SOLOMOR
WHAT’S GOING ON?
“We’re seeing an avalanche of educated older women – 85% are aged between 31-45
and half have masters degrees or higher. More and more of them are going it alone and
we predict that by 2020, 70% of our clients will be single.” -Ole Schou, director of Cryos
International, the world’s largest sperm bank in Aarhus, Jutland.
“Over a lifetime, unmarried
women can pay as much as a
million dollars more than their
married counterparts for
healthcare, taxes and more.” -Lisa
Arnold and Christina Campbell,
The Atlantic
Tuesday, November 10, 15
WHAT’S GOING ON?
D.I.N.KS
Dual	
  Income	
  No	
  Kids	
  (or	
  DINKs)	
  are	
  a	
  
growing	
  phenomenon	
  across	
  the	
  world.	
  
Couples	
  that	
  choose	
  not	
  to	
  have	
  children	
  fall	
  
under	
  the	
  following	
  loose	
  buckets:
‣ Can’t so don’t
‣ Select not to
‣ DINKs for now – will have to later.
DINKs	
  are	
  typically	
  af$luent	
  and	
  high	
  
spenders.	
  DINKs	
  are	
  a	
  global	
  growing	
  ‘tribe’,	
  
especially	
  in	
  India,	
  China	
  and	
  Japan.	
  60%	
  of	
  
DINKs	
  expect	
  to	
  feel	
  some	
  sort	
  of	
  prejudice	
  
about	
  their	
  decision,	
  however	
  80%	
  feel	
  that	
  
their	
  decision	
  makes	
  them	
  a	
  better	
  
contributor	
  to	
  their	
  society.	
  DINKs	
  admit	
  
they	
  feel	
  like	
  they	
  are	
  constantly	
  defending	
  
their	
  decision	
  to	
  ‘opt	
  out’.
So	
  why	
  ‘opt	
  out’?	
  One	
  in	
  $ive	
  couples	
  in	
  the	
  
Netherlands	
  decide	
  never	
  to	
  have	
  children.	
  
‘Parental	
  honesty’	
  is	
  at	
  an	
  all	
  time	
  high,	
  as	
  
rewarding	
  as	
  it	
  is	
  to	
  have	
  kids,	
  it’s	
  hard	
  work	
  
and	
  expensive!	
  DINKs	
  ‘opt	
  out’	
  as	
  many	
  of	
  
them	
  haven’t	
  had	
  the	
  biological	
  urge	
  to	
  have	
  
kids.	
  Having	
  a	
  ‘family’	
  can	
  include	
  being	
  an	
  
Aunt/Uncle,	
  owning	
  a	
  pet	
  or	
  caring	
  for	
  
ageing	
  parents.	
  DINKs	
  can	
  delay	
  making	
  
decisions	
  about	
  having	
  children	
  much	
  later	
  
in	
  life	
  than	
  ever	
  before.	
  While	
  some	
  of	
  
society	
  (and	
  brands)	
  may	
  need	
  to	
  catch	
  up,	
  
DINKs	
  are	
  here	
  to	
  stay	
  and	
  growing	
  in	
  
number.	
  For	
  DINKs	
  the	
  absence	
  of	
  their	
  own	
  
children	
  does	
  not	
  mean	
  the	
  absence	
  of	
  
family.	
  	
  
“Childfree couples put the highest value on themselves as a couple. They know that to go
the distance, relationships take work and cultivation. Part of "having it all" is the ability to
have the time and space to devote to their relationship.” - Laura Caroll, Huffington Post
“There's a resistance to
parenthood being the default
after marriage. People are
questioning it in ways that they
didn't perhaps 30 or 40 or 50 years
ago.” - Laura S. Scott, Childless by
Choice Project director
Tuesday, November 10, 15
REVERSING GENDER ROLES
WHAT’S GOING ON?
“Perhaps no single facet of human behavior in the 20th century has
more influenced marriages and families than have changing gender
roles" - Kenneth Davidson & Nelwyn Moore, Marriage and Family
Gender	
  equality	
  is	
  more	
  of	
  a	
  reality	
  than	
  ever	
  before.	
  
Males	
  and	
  females	
  $ind	
  themselves	
  facing	
  the	
  same	
  
challenges	
  and	
  opportunities	
  i.e.	
  competing	
  for	
  the	
  
same	
  jobs,	
  under	
  the	
  same	
  pressures	
  and	
  have	
  the	
  same	
  
aspirations.
As	
  the	
  gender	
  pay	
  gap	
  is	
  slowly	
  closing	
  and	
  couples	
  
salaries	
  are	
  beginning	
  to	
  match	
  or	
  over	
  take	
  each	
  other,	
  
we	
  are	
  beginning	
  to	
  re-­‐think	
  the	
  way	
  household	
  and	
  
child	
  care	
  duties	
  are	
  apportioned.	
  Binaries	
  that	
  once	
  
maintained	
  clear	
  boundaries	
  between	
  genders	
  are	
  now	
  
blurred.
A	
  recent	
  study	
  in	
  the	
  UK	
  revealed	
  that	
  fathers	
  spend	
  
seven	
  times	
  as	
  much	
  time	
  interacting	
  with	
  their	
  
children	
  than	
  their	
  own	
  fathers	
  did	
  with	
  them	
  40	
  years	
  
ago.
While	
  corporations	
  and	
  governments	
  are	
  starting	
  to	
  
catch	
  up	
  with	
  paternity	
  and	
  maternity	
  leave	
  support,	
  
social	
  stigma	
  is	
  still	
  a	
  major	
  reason	
  as	
  to	
  why	
  we	
  default	
  
to	
  Moms	
  staying	
  home	
  and	
  Dads	
  going	
  to	
  work.	
  Sweden	
  
is	
  allowing	
  for	
  all	
  working	
  parents	
  to	
  be	
  entitled	
  to	
  16	
  
months	
  paid	
  leave	
  per	
  child.	
  A	
  minimum	
  of	
  2	
  months	
  of	
  
that	
  must	
  be	
  taken	
  by	
  the	
  father	
  to	
  encourage	
  and	
  
promote	
  equality	
  between	
  genders	
  in	
  childrearing	
  and	
  
their	
  professional	
  lives.
Millennials	
  are	
  leading	
  the	
  way	
  to	
  less	
  con$ined	
  
traditional	
  gender	
  roles	
  and	
  are	
  more	
  willing	
  to	
  break	
  
long-­‐standing	
  norms.	
  Meanwhile	
  Gen	
  Edge,	
  the	
  post-­‐
Millennial	
  generation,	
  is	
  likely	
  to	
  hold	
  the	
  least	
  rigidly	
  
de$ined	
  view	
  of	
  gender	
  as	
  they	
  reach	
  adulthood	
  as	
  they	
  
are	
  being	
  raised	
  with	
  less	
  de$ined	
  gender	
  roles.	
  
The U.S. Census reports that 32% of married fathers (approximately 7
million dads) are “a regular source of care for their children under age
15”, up from 26% in 2002, whilst mothers are now the sole or primary
income provider in a record 40% of households with children.
[Pew Research]
Tuesday, November 10, 15
As	
  many	
  as	
  6	
  million	
  American	
  children	
  and	
  
adults	
  have	
  an	
  LGBT	
  parent.	
  
Growth	
  in	
  same-­‐sex	
  parenting	
  has	
  been	
  
enabled	
  by	
  the	
  rise	
  of	
  same-­‐sex	
  marriage	
  and	
  
a	
  more	
  relaxed	
  attitude	
  towards	
  same-­‐sex	
  
adoption	
  and	
  fertility	
  treatment	
  in	
  many	
  
developed	
  markets.	
  
And	
  contrary	
  to	
  popular	
  belief,	
  this	
  is	
  far	
  from	
  
being	
  a	
  white,	
  middle-­‐class	
  phenomenon:	
  a	
  
recent	
  Williams	
  institute	
  report	
  shows	
  that	
  
same-­‐sex	
  parents	
  are	
  ethnically	
  diverse	
  and	
  
relatively	
  less	
  well-­‐off	
  than	
  others.	
  In	
  the	
  US,	
  
half	
  of	
  all	
  children	
  living	
  with	
  same-­‐sex	
  
couples	
  are	
  non-­‐white	
  (compared	
  to	
  41	
  
percent	
  among	
  opposite-­‐sex	
  couples)	
  and	
  the	
  
average	
  annual	
  household	
  income	
  of	
  same-­‐
sex	
  couples	
  with	
  children	
  is	
  signi$icantly	
  
lower	
  than	
  that	
  of	
  similar	
  heterosexual	
  
couples	
  ($63,900	
  versus	
  $74,000,	
  
respectively).
Interestingly,	
  same-­‐sex	
  parents	
  invest	
  more	
  
time	
  in	
  their	
  children	
  than	
  heterosexual	
  
couples.	
  A	
  recent	
  study	
  from	
  the	
  University	
  of	
  
Texas	
  found	
  the	
  difference	
  is	
  even	
  more	
  
pronounced	
  in	
  families	
  with	
  two	
  mothers,	
  
who	
  spend	
  around	
  40	
  per	
  cent	
  more	
  time	
  on	
  
activities	
  with	
  their	
  kids	
  than	
  heterosexual	
  
parents.
And	
  fathers	
  in	
  same-­‐sex	
  couples	
  spend	
  
around	
  the	
  same	
  amount	
  of	
  time	
  with	
  their	
  
children	
  as	
  straight	
  mums	
  –	
  which	
  is	
  twice	
  as	
  
much	
  as	
  heterosexual	
  dads,	
  on	
  average.
SAME SEX PARENTS
WHAT’S GOING ON?
In the US among those under age 50 nearly half of LGBT women (48%) are raising a child
under age 18 along with a fifth of LGBT men (20%).- Kenneth Davidson & Nelwyn Moore,
Marriage and Family
Tuesday, November 10, 15
Whilst	
  multigenerational	
  living	
  is	
  common	
  in	
  
some	
  parts	
  of	
  the	
  world,	
  in	
  Western	
  societies	
  
–	
  where	
  independence	
  is	
  arguably	
  celebrated	
  
over	
  all	
  else,	
  nuclear	
  families	
  has	
  been	
  the	
  
default.
However,	
  rising	
  costs	
  of	
  living,	
  ageing	
  
populations,	
  fewer	
  employment	
  opportunities	
  
and	
  housing	
  shortages	
  are	
  leading	
  to	
  greater	
  
numbers	
  of	
  multigenerational	
  households	
  in	
  
the	
  West	
  –	
  at	
  levels	
  last	
  seen	
  in	
  the	
  1950s.	
  
Despite	
  the	
  the	
  economic	
  recovery	
  and	
  
reducing	
  unemployment,	
  more	
  millennials	
  
are	
  returning	
  to	
  live	
  at	
  home	
  with	
  their	
  
parents	
  than	
  ever	
  before.	
  
A	
  recent	
  report	
  by	
  the	
  Pew	
  Research	
  Centre	
  
concludes	
  that	
  26%	
  of	
  18-­‐34	
  year	
  olds	
  in	
  the	
  
US	
  live	
  with	
  their	
  parents,	
  up	
  from	
  24%	
  in	
  
2010.	
  And	
  in	
  Europe,	
  nearly	
  half	
  (48%)	
  of	
  
18-­‐30	
  year	
  olds	
  are	
  still	
  living	
  at	
  home.
As	
  both	
  childcare	
  and	
  care	
  home	
  costs	
  
continue	
  to	
  rise,	
  more	
  grandparents	
  are	
  also	
  
returning	
  to	
  the	
  family	
  home.	
  
Grandparents	
  are	
  estimated	
  to	
  save	
  Britain	
  
more	
  than	
  £7	
  billion	
  in	
  childcare	
  costs	
  by	
  
looking	
  after	
  their	
  grandchildren.	
  
Meanwhile	
  in	
  the	
  US,	
  7.8	
  million	
  children	
  are	
  
living	
  in	
  homes	
  with	
  grandparents	
  present	
  
and	
  4.9	
  million	
  live	
  in	
  grandparent-­‐headed	
  
households.
WHAT’S GOING ON?
MULTI-GENERATIONAL
LIVING
In the US, the number of people living in multigenerational homes doubled from around 28
million in1980 to 57 million in 2012 [Pew Research]
Whilst in the UK, more than 500,000 households consist of more than three generations,
rising to 556,000 by 2019 [Intergenerational Foundation think-tank]
Tuesday, November 10, 15
Households	
  containing	
  two	
  or	
  more	
  families	
  
were	
  the	
  fastest	
  growing	
  household	
  type	
  in	
  
the	
  UK	
  in	
  the	
  last	
  decade,	
  increasing	
  by	
  56%	
  
to	
  313,000	
  households.
An	
  emerging	
  family	
  structure	
  is	
  that	
  of	
  multi-­‐
parenting—or	
  raising	
  a	
  child	
  with	
  more	
  than	
  
two	
  legal	
  parents.	
  These	
  families	
  can	
  be	
  made	
  
up	
  of	
  a	
  variety	
  of	
  circumstances	
  but	
  usually	
  
consist	
  of	
  two	
  or	
  more	
  couples	
  who	
  come	
  
together	
  to	
  raise	
  a	
  child.
Research	
  in	
  the	
  $ield	
  is	
  limited,	
  but	
  the	
  trend	
  
is	
  growing.	
  In	
  2013,	
  the	
  state	
  of	
  California	
  
passed	
  a	
  bill	
  allowing	
  children	
  to	
  have	
  more	
  
than	
  2	
  parents	
  in	
  reaction	
  to	
  a	
  case	
  where	
  
one	
  child	
  had	
  2	
  mothers	
  and	
  1	
  father.	
  
A	
  multi-­‐parental	
  home	
  takes	
  the	
  village	
  
approach	
  to	
  raising	
  children,	
  ensuring	
  that	
  
the	
  child	
  has	
  multiple	
  sources	
  of;	
  emotional,	
  
educational	
  and	
  $inancial	
  support.	
  
In	
  The	
  UK	
  The	
  Daily	
  Mail	
  recently	
  reported	
  
on	
  The	
  Twin	
  Oaks	
  community	
  in	
  Virginia	
  
which	
  houses	
  92	
  adults	
  and	
  13	
  children	
  and	
  
where	
  responsibility	
  for	
  everything	
  is	
  shared.	
  
Residents	
  must	
  get	
  group	
  permission	
  before	
  
having	
  a	
  baby.	
  
MULTI-PARENTAL
FAMILIES
WHAT’S GOING ON?
"We wanted to make sure that there was one legal parent in both households,
because we're splitting the upbringing equally" - Multi-parent family, Amsterdam
(Vice)
"The idea of a ‘nuclear family’ –
white picket fence, a kid or two,
friendly golden retriever – has
been under siege for a while now.
A more recent family structure
that might be hard for your
grandparents to wrap their heads
around is that of multi-parenting –
or raising a child with more than
two legal parents. ” - Vice, August
2015
Tuesday, November 10, 15
URBAN PLANNING
AND PROPERTY
EMPLOYMENT
LAW
FINANCE
AND MONEY
The	
  rise	
  of	
  Fallout	
  Families	
  has	
  a	
  number	
  of	
  implications	
  for	
  
society	
  as	
  a	
  whole	
  –	
  presenting	
  challenges	
  and	
  opportunities	
  in	
  
areas	
  such	
  as	
  urban	
  planning	
  and	
  property,	
  employment	
  law,	
  
2inance	
  and	
  money.	
  
And	
  while	
  the	
  advertising,	
  media	
  and	
  research	
  industries	
  have	
  
started	
  to	
  acknowledge	
  the	
  evolution	
  of	
  the	
  family	
  –	
  by	
  Klagging	
  
and	
  celebrating	
  differences,	
  we	
  think	
  it’s	
  time	
  to	
  take	
  it	
  to	
  the	
  
next	
  level	
  –	
  normalisation.	
  
IT’S TIME TO NORMALISE
FALLOUT FAMILIES
BUT, WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
Tuesday, November 10, 15
FALLOUT FAMILIES ARE CHANGING THE FACE OF PROPERTY
SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS
WHILE THE SHAPE AND NATURE OF FAMILIES HAS
CHANGED, THE SAME IS NOT TRUE FOR PROPERTY –
with	
  many	
  Fallout	
  Families	
  struggling	
  to	
  Kind	
  the	
  right	
  
space	
  for	
  their	
  lifestyle.	
  
With	
  considerable	
  growth	
  predicted	
  in	
  Boomerang	
  
children	
  staying	
  at	
  home	
  with	
  their	
  parents,	
  and	
  the	
  
elderly	
  returning	
  to	
  live	
  with	
  their	
  own	
  kids,	
  there	
  will	
  
be	
  a	
  growing	
  demand	
  for	
  properties	
  and	
  developments	
  
that	
  are	
  purpose-­‐built	
  for	
  multigenerational	
  living:	
  
properties	
  with	
  larger	
  communal	
  kitchens	
  or	
  properties	
  	
  
in	
  which	
  there	
  are	
  annexes	
  for	
  grandparents	
  and	
  adult	
  
children	
  alike.	
  
The	
  rise	
  of	
  multi-­‐parent	
  households	
  is	
  leading	
  to	
  the	
  
building	
  of	
  bespoke	
  communities,	
  where	
  multiple	
  bedrooms	
  
or	
  private	
  living	
  areas	
  surround	
  a	
  large	
  Kluid	
  communal	
  
space	
  where	
  everything	
  from	
  eating	
  to	
  childcare	
  to	
  laundry	
  
is	
  shared.	
  
And	
  the	
  rise	
  of	
  afKluent	
  professional	
  single	
  mothers	
  is	
  
generating	
  demand	
  for	
  a	
  new	
  type	
  of	
  inner-­‐city	
  apartment	
  
or	
  housing	
  development	
  better-­‐suited	
  to	
  the	
  raising	
  of	
  
children.	
  
Tuesday, November 10, 15
looking	
  for	
  a	
  new	
  job.
And	
  there	
  is	
  a	
  growing	
  dialogue	
  about	
  the	
  need	
  for	
  
employers	
  to	
  make	
  it	
  easier	
  for	
  fathers	
  to	
  take	
  on	
  their	
  
share	
  of	
  childcare	
  responsibilities.
In	
  the	
  UK,	
  The	
  Equality	
  Act	
  2010	
  dictates	
  that	
  professionals	
  
in	
  a	
  same-­‐sex	
  couple	
  cannot	
  be	
  discriminated	
  against	
  if	
  they	
  
request	
  maternity,	
  paternity,	
  adoption	
  or	
  parental	
  leave	
  
from	
  their	
  employer.	
  Yet	
  if	
  two	
  people	
  are	
  adopting	
  
(whether	
  they're	
  a	
  heterosexual	
  or	
  same	
  sex	
  couple),	
  only	
  
one	
  person	
  is	
  entitled	
  to	
  adoption	
  leave.
THERE ARE IMPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT
LAW AND EMPLOYERS
SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS
THE GROWTH IN POST-NUCLEAR FAMILIES IS
STARTING TO INFLUENCE EMPLOYMENT LAWS AND
EMPLOYERS.
At	
  Virgin,	
  men	
  who	
  have	
  been	
  with	
  the	
  company	
  for	
  at	
  
least	
  four	
  years	
  will	
  be	
  entitled	
  to	
  a	
  year's	
  paternity	
  
leave	
  on	
  full	
  pay,	
  whilst	
  new	
  laws	
  in	
  the	
  UK	
  mean	
  
parents	
  can	
  split	
  up	
  to	
  50	
  weeks	
  of	
  paternity/
maternity	
  leave.
In	
  the	
  US,	
  a	
  2014	
  survey	
  of	
  dads	
  revealed	
  89	
  percent	
  
said	
  paternity	
  leave	
  would	
  be	
  an	
  important	
  criterion	
  in	
  
“We’re not going to get anywhere
unless there’s a men’s movement.
You can’t have half of a gender
revolution.” Anne-Marie Slaughter,
head of New America Foundation
and author of the much-publicised
recent Atlantic article by “Why
Women Still Can’t Have It All”
Tuesday, November 10, 15
FINANCIAL PRODUCTS WILL NEED TO ADAPT
SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS
THE CHANGING NATURE OF THE FAMILY MEANS A
GROWTH IN DEMAND FOR NEW FINANCIAL
PRODUCTS (e.g.	
  mortgages	
  for	
  multi-­‐generational	
  or	
  
multi-­‐parent	
  homes.)
The	
  purchase	
  of	
  these	
  multi-­‐generational	
  homes	
  may	
  
be	
  funded	
  in	
  part	
  by	
  grandparents	
  freeing	
  up	
  equity	
  by	
  
selling	
  their	
  own	
  properties.
Meanwhile,	
  as	
  multi-­‐generational	
  living	
  becomes	
  more	
  
normal,	
  research	
  by	
  Mintel	
  suggests	
  that	
  young	
  adults	
  
will	
  abandon	
  saving	
  for	
  a	
  mortgage	
  and	
  will	
  instead	
  
Kind	
  new	
  ways	
  to	
  reinforce	
  their	
  identity:	
  spending	
  their	
  
increased	
  discretionary	
  funds	
  on	
  experiences,	
  holidays,	
  
clothes	
  and	
  grooming	
  products.	
  
A	
  growth	
  in	
  democratic	
  purchasing	
  in	
  multi-­‐adult	
  families	
  
means	
  a	
  need	
  for	
  more	
  Klexible	
  bank	
  accounts,	
  payment	
  
mechanisms,	
  utility	
  bill	
  ‘ownership’,	
  etc.
Tuesday, November 10, 15
Despite	
  recent	
  steps	
  towards	
  featuring	
  more	
  diverse	
  families	
  in	
  advertising,	
  very	
  few	
  brands	
  have	
  
moved	
  to	
  the	
  stage	
  of	
  normalising	
  them.	
  Be	
  the	
  pioneer	
  and	
  move	
  from	
  celebrating	
  to	
  embracing,	
  simply	
  
reKlecting	
  the	
  new	
  normal	
  -­‐	
  with	
  no	
  fanfare.	
  Many	
  Fallout	
  Families	
  are	
  frustrated	
  with	
  the	
  inability	
  for	
  
‘the	
  world’	
  to	
  catch	
  up	
  with	
  their	
  everyday	
  lives.	
  
ADVERTISING NEEDS TO MOVE FROM
CELEBRATING TO NORMALISING
BRAND AND ADVERTISING IMPLICATIONS
‘THE NEW US’ – CHEVY
The strategic idea behind the campaign
talks about values that unite us, their
family spot showcases a multitude of
Fallout Families, reflecting that while the
appearance of a family might change
their values do not.
HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?
V=_DXVTGNAOIQ
#HOWWEFAMILY – TYLENOL
Tylenol’s new #HowWeFamily campaign
showcases the different structures of the modern
family. Posing some challenging questions
around love, family and fighting for the
recognition of being considered a family with
the tag line - family is defined by who you love,
but how. We’re curious to see where they take
the next phase in their strategic approach and
how they will be tying it back to the brand…
HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?
V=C33DTK7NUQO
TOGETHER – WELLS FARGO
Recognising why families work so hard and
looking to partner with all families to help
them get them to where they are going. The
campaign depicts two mothers getting
ready to adopt a little girl that is deaf and
they are practicing how to welcome and
communicate with her through sign
language.
HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?
V=DXDSX8HFXEK
Tuesday, November 10, 15
One	
  of	
  the	
  most	
  remarkable	
  examples	
  of	
  the	
  normalisation	
  of	
  Fallout	
  Families	
  came	
  during	
  this	
  
summer’s	
  Women’s	
  Soccer	
  World	
  Cup	
  when	
  the	
  UK’s	
  traditionally	
  conservative	
  Daily	
  Mail	
  newspaper	
  
reported	
  on	
  the	
  childcare	
  challenges	
  faced	
  by	
  England	
  star	
  Casey	
  Stoney,	
  a	
  mother	
  of	
  twins,	
  whose	
  
partner,	
  Megan	
  Harris,	
  is	
  also	
  a	
  footballer.	
  
NORMALISING
BRAND AND ADVERTISING IMPLICATIONS
Tuesday, November 10, 15
RE-THINK WHO’S BUYING
BRAND AND ADVERTISING IMPLICATIONS
AS AN INDUSTRY, WHEN THINKING ABOUT FAMILY
PRODUCTS AND PURCHASING, WE STILL HAVE A
TENDENCY TO GRAVITATE TOWARDS THE
TRADITIONAL NUCLEAR FAMILY –
through	
  targeting,	
  through	
  conscious	
  or	
  sub-­‐conscious	
  
messaging,	
  through	
  recruitment	
  for	
  market	
  research	
  
(we	
  could	
  go	
  on!)	
  
But	
  new	
  family	
  structures	
  such	
  as	
  multigenerational	
  
living	
  are	
  changing	
  the	
  purchasing	
  dynamic.	
  Boomer	
  
parents	
  are	
  being	
  inKluenced	
  by	
  their	
  adult	
  Millennial	
  
kids	
  and	
  vice	
  versa,	
  throwing	
  your	
  targeting	
  strategy	
  into	
  
disarray.	
  And	
  when	
  it	
  comes	
  to	
  toys,	
  food,	
  education	
  or	
  
experiences	
  for	
  kids,	
  it’s	
  time	
  to	
  think	
  beyond	
  mums	
  as	
  the	
  
key	
  decision-­‐maker.	
  
It’s	
  just	
  as	
  likely	
  to	
  be	
  Dad.	
  Or	
  Dads.	
  Or	
  granddad.	
  
Tuesday, November 10, 15
DON’T LOOK FOR DIFFERENCES, LOOK FOR SIMILARITIES
BRAND AND ADVERTISING IMPLICATIONS
FALLOUT OR NUCLEAR, FAMILIES SHARE MANY
CORE VALUES AND ASPIRATIONS REGARDLESS OF
THEIR SHAPE, SIZE OR SEXUALITY.
The	
  deKinition	
  of	
  a	
  family	
  may	
  have	
  changed	
  but	
  the	
  
ability	
  of	
  brands	
  to	
  align	
  with	
  what	
  matters	
  to	
  them	
  has	
  
not.
Family	
  connects	
  back	
  to	
  our	
  deeper	
  human	
  need	
  for	
  
unconditional	
  love,	
  acceptance	
  and	
  support.	
  Family	
  is	
  
a	
  place	
  to	
  feel	
  safe	
  and	
  completely	
  validated.
Can	
  you	
  align	
  with	
  the	
  contemporary	
  values	
  shared	
  by	
  
families	
  of	
  all	
  types?	
  
Tuesday, November 10, 15
BRAND AND ADVERTISING IMPLICATIONS
A WHOLE RANGE OF PRODUCTS AND PROMOTIONS
SUB-CONSCIOUSLY IMPLY THAT NUCLEAR IS BEST.
You	
  may	
  risk	
  alienating	
  a	
  growing	
  proportion	
  of	
  families	
  -­‐	
  
without	
  even	
  realising	
  it.
STOP IMPLYING THAT NUCLEAR IS BEST
(WITHOUT EVEN REALISING)
From	
  “family	
  tickets”	
  (2	
  adults,	
  2	
  kids)	
  to	
  “family”	
  board	
  
games	
  (for	
  four	
  players),	
  to	
  “Mother	
  and	
  toddler”	
  activities	
  
(what	
  about	
  my	
  Dad?	
  Or	
  my	
  two	
  Dads?),	
  Fallout	
  Families	
  
are	
  surrounded	
  by	
  unintentional	
  signals	
  that	
  they	
  don’t	
  
belong.	
  Contemporary	
  brands	
  will	
  increasingly	
  break	
  down	
  
these	
  barriers.
Tuesday, November 10, 15
THANK YOU!FALLOUT FAMILIES:
THE NEW NUCLEAR
Rede$ining	
  the
family	
  structure
thesoundhq.com
VANCOUVER TORONTO CHICAGO NEW YORK LONDON MUMBAI
Tuesday, November 10, 15
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11 http://www.southernliving.com/home-garden/tiny-homes
12
http://ideas.time.com/childfree/
http://www.betacuts.com/dual-income-no-kids-family-stickers/
13 http://www.suchablog.com/images/2007-mai/absolut/absolut-world-02.jpg
14 http://www.chambanamoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/RED1-1224.jpg
15 http://www.buzzle.com/images/fashion/family-clothing/family-clothing-in-winter.jpg
16 https://vice-images.vice.com/images/content-images/2015/08/03/a-child-in-the-netherlands-is-going-to-have-five-parents-876-body-image-1438630930.jpg
18 http://www.audiencescan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/multi-generational.jpg
19 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/11/gay-parenting-study-healthy-kids-_n_3421590.html
20 http://aclendinggroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Mortgage-Form.jpg
22 http://www.itv.com/lorraine/hot-topics/footballer-casey-stoneys-double-baby-joy
23
http://www.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/The-new-dads-with-pads_wide.jpg
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/n09SejxpcFA/maxresdefault.jpg
http://cdn.bols.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/man-tampons.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/03/19/article-2116933-123A60E0000005DC-661_634x840.jpg
http://iconosquare.com/p/885637945591914479_231031846
24
http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/files/2012/09/ElderlyEmergency_Banner.jpg
25
http://auniformbrand.com/fiat-500l-redwood-publishing/
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FringeStream - Fallout Families

  • 1. FALLOUT FAMILIES: THE NEW NUCLEAR Rede$ining  the family  structure   thesoundhq.com Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 3. FALLOUT FAMILIES Welcome  to  our  FringeStream  series,  our  monthly   magazine  exploring  how  the  fringes  of  culture  are   shaping  mass  behaviors.  What  happens  when   fragmentation,  diversity  and  the  choice  to  live   differently  becomes  the  new  normal? This  month  we  explore  Fallout  Families,  which   challenges  us  to  think  about  family  structures   differently  and  brings  to  life  what  new  family  norms   look  like,  moving  beyond  the  traditional  -­‐  and   increasingly  outdated  -­‐  model  of  the  nuclear  family.     Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 5. WHAT IS IT? THE NUCLEAR FAMILY IS ON THE DECLINE. Today  it  is  far  more  likely  that  a  family  will  not  be   the  archetypal  married  couple  with  2.4  kids.   Advertisers,  marketers,  researchers  and  media   planners  (not  to  mention  the  rest  of  the  business   world)  continue  to  adhere  to  a  model  in  which  most   adults  are  imagined  to  be  on  a  journey  to,  through   and  from  the  standard  nuclear  family  -­‐  because  it’s   easy.  And  it’s  comfortable.  And  mainstream.   Except  that  it  no  longer  is. “Married  couples   with  2.4  kids  don't   really  exist:  today,   only  a  quarter  of   families  could  be   termed  ‘nuclear’” The  Guardian,  2013 THE FAMILY DYNAMIC IS CHANGING... WE’RE LIVING IN A POST-NUCLEAR WORLD Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 6. WHY IS IT? New  versions  of  the  traditional  family  have  been  enabled  or  necessitated   by  a  variety  of  factors,  including:  the  economic  crisis,  progression  in  LGBT   rights,  an  ageing  population,  the  housing  shortage  in  major  cities,  rising   divorce  rates,  improving  gender  equality  and  Kluidity.  We  are  living  in  a   more  progressive  and  tolerant  society  than  ever  before. Above  all  we  now  live  in  a  world  in  which  people  are  increasingly   questioning  the  need  to  follow  traditional  ways  of  being.   …THIS IS CAUSED OR ENABLED BY ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SHIFTS... Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 7. …WHICH GIVES RISE TO A NUMBER OF NEW NON-NUCLEAR FAMILY TYPES RISE OF THE SOLOMOR DINKs (dual income, no kids) REVERSING GENDER ROLES SAME SEX PARTNERS MULTI-GENERATIONAL LIVING MULTI-PARENTAL FAMILIES TRADITIONAL MODEL THE OUTCOME: NUCLEAR FAMILIES Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 8. WHAT IS IT? 32% OF MARRIED FATHERS (approximately 7 million dads) are “a regular source of care for their children under age 15”, up from 26% in 2002 THE NEW NORMAL: Mothers are now the SOLE OR PRIMARY INCOME PROVIDER in a record 40% of households with children Over a lifetime, unmarried women can pay as much as a million dollars more than their married counterparts for healthcare, taxes and more FAMILIES FALLOUT In the US, the number of people living in multigenerational homes doubled from around 28 million in 1980 to 57 million in 2012. Whilst in the UK, more than 500,000 households consist of more than three generations, rising to 556,000 by 2019. 28Mpeople living in multigenerational homes 57Mpeople living in multigenerational homes 1980 2012 500k+households consist of more than three generations 2015 556k+households consist of more than three generations 2019 In the US, among those under age 50 nearly half of LGBT women (48%) are raising a child under age 18 along with a fifth of LGBT men (20%) 20%48%the fastest growing category of households is: IN THE US AND UK... Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 9. THE CHALLENGE FOR BRANDS BRANDS INCREASINGLY SHOW THAT THEY ‘GET’ THE CONTEMPORARY FAMILY BY MIXING UP THE INGREDIENTS A LITTLE:   a  mixed-­‐race  couple  here,  a  divorced  dad  there,   maybe  even  some  same-­‐sex  parents.   Typically  these  are  taboo-­‐breaking  statements   that  intentionally  celebrate  the  fringes.  And  that’s   great.  But  increasingly  those  fringes  are  the  norm.   Brands  that  want  to  really  connect  with   contemporary  families  need  to  go  one  step   further  -­‐  reKlecting  this  new  normal  for  what  it  is:   normal. “Making  advertising  more   representative  of  the  society  it   serves  tends  to  follow  two  clear   stages.  The  First  is  to  actively  break   taboos  that  hold  society  back  and   in  which  the  inclusion  of  people   that  are  different  to  the  norm  is  to   make  a  point.  The  second  is  about   normalising  those  groups  as  an   unremarkable  part  of   contemporary  life.”   Richard  Huntingdon Director  of  Strategy,  Saatchi  &  Saatchi BRANDS AND THE NEW NORMAL Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 10. “The  repercussions  of  these  [family]   changes  on  housing,  pensions,   health  and  long-­‐term  care,  labour   markets,  education  and  public   Jinances,  have  been  remarkable” OECD  Report,  The  Future  of  Families,  2011 THE CHALLENGE FOR SOCIETY AND IT’S NOT JUST THE MARKETING WORLD THAT NEEDS TO REFLECT THIS NEW NORMAL. We  live  in  a  world  built  for  nuclear  families:  family   cars,  family  meals,  family  homes,  family  holiday   deals.  And  it’s  not  just  products.  Everything  from   maternity/paternity  leave  to  tax  beneKits  were  set  up   to  beneKit  nuclear  families.   Today,  52%  of  British  adults    feel  that  the   Government  fails  to  take  their  family  set-­‐up  into   account.   The  rise  of  Fallout  Families  demands  new  thinking   and  new  solutions  right  across  society  -­‐  with   implications  for  politics,  healthcare,  property,   Kinancial  products,  employment  law  and  childcare. SOCIETY AND THE NEW NORMAL Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 11. There  has  been  a  proportional  decline  of   marriage  since  the  1970s.  51%  of  the  adult   population  of  England  and  Wales  is  ‘not   married’,  and  43.6%  of  American  adults  are   unmarried  (61%  have  never  been  married).   Since  2000  the  most  common  household  in   America  has  been  a  person  living  alone. While  we  know  that  it  is  more  expensive  to   be  single  (cost  of  living,  tax  bene$its,   healthcare  etc.)  we  see  that  many  of  our   ‘singles’  are  choosing  to  be  single,  living  the   life  they  want  to  create,  with  or  without  a   partner. In  Denmark,  in  particular,  we  are  seeing  a   rise  of  the  ‘Solomor’;  single  women  who  are   choosing  to  get  pregnant  or  adopt  without   the  immediate  support  of  a  partner.  A  trend   that  has  been  growing  since  2007  when  they   offered  single  women  free  fertility  treatment.   With  companies  like  Facebook  and  Apple   offering  support  to  freeze  women’s  eggs,  the   options  and  the  $inancial  support  to  ‘opt  in’   to  parenthood  single  is  on  the  rise  -­‐  with  the   understanding  that  it  can  take  a  village  to   raise  a  child,  not  just  two  heterosexual   parents. THE RISE OF THE SOLOMOR WHAT’S GOING ON? “We’re seeing an avalanche of educated older women – 85% are aged between 31-45 and half have masters degrees or higher. More and more of them are going it alone and we predict that by 2020, 70% of our clients will be single.” -Ole Schou, director of Cryos International, the world’s largest sperm bank in Aarhus, Jutland. “Over a lifetime, unmarried women can pay as much as a million dollars more than their married counterparts for healthcare, taxes and more.” -Lisa Arnold and Christina Campbell, The Atlantic Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 12. WHAT’S GOING ON? D.I.N.KS Dual  Income  No  Kids  (or  DINKs)  are  a   growing  phenomenon  across  the  world.   Couples  that  choose  not  to  have  children  fall   under  the  following  loose  buckets: ‣ Can’t so don’t ‣ Select not to ‣ DINKs for now – will have to later. DINKs  are  typically  af$luent  and  high   spenders.  DINKs  are  a  global  growing  ‘tribe’,   especially  in  India,  China  and  Japan.  60%  of   DINKs  expect  to  feel  some  sort  of  prejudice   about  their  decision,  however  80%  feel  that   their  decision  makes  them  a  better   contributor  to  their  society.  DINKs  admit   they  feel  like  they  are  constantly  defending   their  decision  to  ‘opt  out’. So  why  ‘opt  out’?  One  in  $ive  couples  in  the   Netherlands  decide  never  to  have  children.   ‘Parental  honesty’  is  at  an  all  time  high,  as   rewarding  as  it  is  to  have  kids,  it’s  hard  work   and  expensive!  DINKs  ‘opt  out’  as  many  of   them  haven’t  had  the  biological  urge  to  have   kids.  Having  a  ‘family’  can  include  being  an   Aunt/Uncle,  owning  a  pet  or  caring  for   ageing  parents.  DINKs  can  delay  making   decisions  about  having  children  much  later   in  life  than  ever  before.  While  some  of   society  (and  brands)  may  need  to  catch  up,   DINKs  are  here  to  stay  and  growing  in   number.  For  DINKs  the  absence  of  their  own   children  does  not  mean  the  absence  of   family.     “Childfree couples put the highest value on themselves as a couple. They know that to go the distance, relationships take work and cultivation. Part of "having it all" is the ability to have the time and space to devote to their relationship.” - Laura Caroll, Huffington Post “There's a resistance to parenthood being the default after marriage. People are questioning it in ways that they didn't perhaps 30 or 40 or 50 years ago.” - Laura S. Scott, Childless by Choice Project director Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 13. REVERSING GENDER ROLES WHAT’S GOING ON? “Perhaps no single facet of human behavior in the 20th century has more influenced marriages and families than have changing gender roles" - Kenneth Davidson & Nelwyn Moore, Marriage and Family Gender  equality  is  more  of  a  reality  than  ever  before.   Males  and  females  $ind  themselves  facing  the  same   challenges  and  opportunities  i.e.  competing  for  the   same  jobs,  under  the  same  pressures  and  have  the  same   aspirations. As  the  gender  pay  gap  is  slowly  closing  and  couples   salaries  are  beginning  to  match  or  over  take  each  other,   we  are  beginning  to  re-­‐think  the  way  household  and   child  care  duties  are  apportioned.  Binaries  that  once   maintained  clear  boundaries  between  genders  are  now   blurred. A  recent  study  in  the  UK  revealed  that  fathers  spend   seven  times  as  much  time  interacting  with  their   children  than  their  own  fathers  did  with  them  40  years   ago. While  corporations  and  governments  are  starting  to   catch  up  with  paternity  and  maternity  leave  support,   social  stigma  is  still  a  major  reason  as  to  why  we  default   to  Moms  staying  home  and  Dads  going  to  work.  Sweden   is  allowing  for  all  working  parents  to  be  entitled  to  16   months  paid  leave  per  child.  A  minimum  of  2  months  of   that  must  be  taken  by  the  father  to  encourage  and   promote  equality  between  genders  in  childrearing  and   their  professional  lives. Millennials  are  leading  the  way  to  less  con$ined   traditional  gender  roles  and  are  more  willing  to  break   long-­‐standing  norms.  Meanwhile  Gen  Edge,  the  post-­‐ Millennial  generation,  is  likely  to  hold  the  least  rigidly   de$ined  view  of  gender  as  they  reach  adulthood  as  they   are  being  raised  with  less  de$ined  gender  roles.   The U.S. Census reports that 32% of married fathers (approximately 7 million dads) are “a regular source of care for their children under age 15”, up from 26% in 2002, whilst mothers are now the sole or primary income provider in a record 40% of households with children. [Pew Research] Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 14. As  many  as  6  million  American  children  and   adults  have  an  LGBT  parent.   Growth  in  same-­‐sex  parenting  has  been   enabled  by  the  rise  of  same-­‐sex  marriage  and   a  more  relaxed  attitude  towards  same-­‐sex   adoption  and  fertility  treatment  in  many   developed  markets.   And  contrary  to  popular  belief,  this  is  far  from   being  a  white,  middle-­‐class  phenomenon:  a   recent  Williams  institute  report  shows  that   same-­‐sex  parents  are  ethnically  diverse  and   relatively  less  well-­‐off  than  others.  In  the  US,   half  of  all  children  living  with  same-­‐sex   couples  are  non-­‐white  (compared  to  41   percent  among  opposite-­‐sex  couples)  and  the   average  annual  household  income  of  same-­‐ sex  couples  with  children  is  signi$icantly   lower  than  that  of  similar  heterosexual   couples  ($63,900  versus  $74,000,   respectively). Interestingly,  same-­‐sex  parents  invest  more   time  in  their  children  than  heterosexual   couples.  A  recent  study  from  the  University  of   Texas  found  the  difference  is  even  more   pronounced  in  families  with  two  mothers,   who  spend  around  40  per  cent  more  time  on   activities  with  their  kids  than  heterosexual   parents. And  fathers  in  same-­‐sex  couples  spend   around  the  same  amount  of  time  with  their   children  as  straight  mums  –  which  is  twice  as   much  as  heterosexual  dads,  on  average. SAME SEX PARENTS WHAT’S GOING ON? In the US among those under age 50 nearly half of LGBT women (48%) are raising a child under age 18 along with a fifth of LGBT men (20%).- Kenneth Davidson & Nelwyn Moore, Marriage and Family Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 15. Whilst  multigenerational  living  is  common  in   some  parts  of  the  world,  in  Western  societies   –  where  independence  is  arguably  celebrated   over  all  else,  nuclear  families  has  been  the   default. However,  rising  costs  of  living,  ageing   populations,  fewer  employment  opportunities   and  housing  shortages  are  leading  to  greater   numbers  of  multigenerational  households  in   the  West  –  at  levels  last  seen  in  the  1950s.   Despite  the  the  economic  recovery  and   reducing  unemployment,  more  millennials   are  returning  to  live  at  home  with  their   parents  than  ever  before.   A  recent  report  by  the  Pew  Research  Centre   concludes  that  26%  of  18-­‐34  year  olds  in  the   US  live  with  their  parents,  up  from  24%  in   2010.  And  in  Europe,  nearly  half  (48%)  of   18-­‐30  year  olds  are  still  living  at  home. As  both  childcare  and  care  home  costs   continue  to  rise,  more  grandparents  are  also   returning  to  the  family  home.   Grandparents  are  estimated  to  save  Britain   more  than  £7  billion  in  childcare  costs  by   looking  after  their  grandchildren.   Meanwhile  in  the  US,  7.8  million  children  are   living  in  homes  with  grandparents  present   and  4.9  million  live  in  grandparent-­‐headed   households. WHAT’S GOING ON? MULTI-GENERATIONAL LIVING In the US, the number of people living in multigenerational homes doubled from around 28 million in1980 to 57 million in 2012 [Pew Research] Whilst in the UK, more than 500,000 households consist of more than three generations, rising to 556,000 by 2019 [Intergenerational Foundation think-tank] Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 16. Households  containing  two  or  more  families   were  the  fastest  growing  household  type  in   the  UK  in  the  last  decade,  increasing  by  56%   to  313,000  households. An  emerging  family  structure  is  that  of  multi-­‐ parenting—or  raising  a  child  with  more  than   two  legal  parents.  These  families  can  be  made   up  of  a  variety  of  circumstances  but  usually   consist  of  two  or  more  couples  who  come   together  to  raise  a  child. Research  in  the  $ield  is  limited,  but  the  trend   is  growing.  In  2013,  the  state  of  California   passed  a  bill  allowing  children  to  have  more   than  2  parents  in  reaction  to  a  case  where   one  child  had  2  mothers  and  1  father.   A  multi-­‐parental  home  takes  the  village   approach  to  raising  children,  ensuring  that   the  child  has  multiple  sources  of;  emotional,   educational  and  $inancial  support.   In  The  UK  The  Daily  Mail  recently  reported   on  The  Twin  Oaks  community  in  Virginia   which  houses  92  adults  and  13  children  and   where  responsibility  for  everything  is  shared.   Residents  must  get  group  permission  before   having  a  baby.   MULTI-PARENTAL FAMILIES WHAT’S GOING ON? "We wanted to make sure that there was one legal parent in both households, because we're splitting the upbringing equally" - Multi-parent family, Amsterdam (Vice) "The idea of a ‘nuclear family’ – white picket fence, a kid or two, friendly golden retriever – has been under siege for a while now. A more recent family structure that might be hard for your grandparents to wrap their heads around is that of multi-parenting – or raising a child with more than two legal parents. ” - Vice, August 2015 Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 17. URBAN PLANNING AND PROPERTY EMPLOYMENT LAW FINANCE AND MONEY The  rise  of  Fallout  Families  has  a  number  of  implications  for   society  as  a  whole  –  presenting  challenges  and  opportunities  in   areas  such  as  urban  planning  and  property,  employment  law,   2inance  and  money.   And  while  the  advertising,  media  and  research  industries  have   started  to  acknowledge  the  evolution  of  the  family  –  by  Klagging   and  celebrating  differences,  we  think  it’s  time  to  take  it  to  the   next  level  –  normalisation.   IT’S TIME TO NORMALISE FALLOUT FAMILIES BUT, WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 18. FALLOUT FAMILIES ARE CHANGING THE FACE OF PROPERTY SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS WHILE THE SHAPE AND NATURE OF FAMILIES HAS CHANGED, THE SAME IS NOT TRUE FOR PROPERTY – with  many  Fallout  Families  struggling  to  Kind  the  right   space  for  their  lifestyle.   With  considerable  growth  predicted  in  Boomerang   children  staying  at  home  with  their  parents,  and  the   elderly  returning  to  live  with  their  own  kids,  there  will   be  a  growing  demand  for  properties  and  developments   that  are  purpose-­‐built  for  multigenerational  living:   properties  with  larger  communal  kitchens  or  properties     in  which  there  are  annexes  for  grandparents  and  adult   children  alike.   The  rise  of  multi-­‐parent  households  is  leading  to  the   building  of  bespoke  communities,  where  multiple  bedrooms   or  private  living  areas  surround  a  large  Kluid  communal   space  where  everything  from  eating  to  childcare  to  laundry   is  shared.   And  the  rise  of  afKluent  professional  single  mothers  is   generating  demand  for  a  new  type  of  inner-­‐city  apartment   or  housing  development  better-­‐suited  to  the  raising  of   children.   Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 19. looking  for  a  new  job. And  there  is  a  growing  dialogue  about  the  need  for   employers  to  make  it  easier  for  fathers  to  take  on  their   share  of  childcare  responsibilities. In  the  UK,  The  Equality  Act  2010  dictates  that  professionals   in  a  same-­‐sex  couple  cannot  be  discriminated  against  if  they   request  maternity,  paternity,  adoption  or  parental  leave   from  their  employer.  Yet  if  two  people  are  adopting   (whether  they're  a  heterosexual  or  same  sex  couple),  only   one  person  is  entitled  to  adoption  leave. THERE ARE IMPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT LAW AND EMPLOYERS SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS THE GROWTH IN POST-NUCLEAR FAMILIES IS STARTING TO INFLUENCE EMPLOYMENT LAWS AND EMPLOYERS. At  Virgin,  men  who  have  been  with  the  company  for  at   least  four  years  will  be  entitled  to  a  year's  paternity   leave  on  full  pay,  whilst  new  laws  in  the  UK  mean   parents  can  split  up  to  50  weeks  of  paternity/ maternity  leave. In  the  US,  a  2014  survey  of  dads  revealed  89  percent   said  paternity  leave  would  be  an  important  criterion  in   “We’re not going to get anywhere unless there’s a men’s movement. You can’t have half of a gender revolution.” Anne-Marie Slaughter, head of New America Foundation and author of the much-publicised recent Atlantic article by “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 20. FINANCIAL PRODUCTS WILL NEED TO ADAPT SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS THE CHANGING NATURE OF THE FAMILY MEANS A GROWTH IN DEMAND FOR NEW FINANCIAL PRODUCTS (e.g.  mortgages  for  multi-­‐generational  or   multi-­‐parent  homes.) The  purchase  of  these  multi-­‐generational  homes  may   be  funded  in  part  by  grandparents  freeing  up  equity  by   selling  their  own  properties. Meanwhile,  as  multi-­‐generational  living  becomes  more   normal,  research  by  Mintel  suggests  that  young  adults   will  abandon  saving  for  a  mortgage  and  will  instead   Kind  new  ways  to  reinforce  their  identity:  spending  their   increased  discretionary  funds  on  experiences,  holidays,   clothes  and  grooming  products.   A  growth  in  democratic  purchasing  in  multi-­‐adult  families   means  a  need  for  more  Klexible  bank  accounts,  payment   mechanisms,  utility  bill  ‘ownership’,  etc. Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 21. Despite  recent  steps  towards  featuring  more  diverse  families  in  advertising,  very  few  brands  have   moved  to  the  stage  of  normalising  them.  Be  the  pioneer  and  move  from  celebrating  to  embracing,  simply   reKlecting  the  new  normal  -­‐  with  no  fanfare.  Many  Fallout  Families  are  frustrated  with  the  inability  for   ‘the  world’  to  catch  up  with  their  everyday  lives.   ADVERTISING NEEDS TO MOVE FROM CELEBRATING TO NORMALISING BRAND AND ADVERTISING IMPLICATIONS ‘THE NEW US’ – CHEVY The strategic idea behind the campaign talks about values that unite us, their family spot showcases a multitude of Fallout Families, reflecting that while the appearance of a family might change their values do not. HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH? V=_DXVTGNAOIQ #HOWWEFAMILY – TYLENOL Tylenol’s new #HowWeFamily campaign showcases the different structures of the modern family. Posing some challenging questions around love, family and fighting for the recognition of being considered a family with the tag line - family is defined by who you love, but how. We’re curious to see where they take the next phase in their strategic approach and how they will be tying it back to the brand… HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH? V=C33DTK7NUQO TOGETHER – WELLS FARGO Recognising why families work so hard and looking to partner with all families to help them get them to where they are going. The campaign depicts two mothers getting ready to adopt a little girl that is deaf and they are practicing how to welcome and communicate with her through sign language. HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH? V=DXDSX8HFXEK Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 22. One  of  the  most  remarkable  examples  of  the  normalisation  of  Fallout  Families  came  during  this   summer’s  Women’s  Soccer  World  Cup  when  the  UK’s  traditionally  conservative  Daily  Mail  newspaper   reported  on  the  childcare  challenges  faced  by  England  star  Casey  Stoney,  a  mother  of  twins,  whose   partner,  Megan  Harris,  is  also  a  footballer.   NORMALISING BRAND AND ADVERTISING IMPLICATIONS Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 23. RE-THINK WHO’S BUYING BRAND AND ADVERTISING IMPLICATIONS AS AN INDUSTRY, WHEN THINKING ABOUT FAMILY PRODUCTS AND PURCHASING, WE STILL HAVE A TENDENCY TO GRAVITATE TOWARDS THE TRADITIONAL NUCLEAR FAMILY – through  targeting,  through  conscious  or  sub-­‐conscious   messaging,  through  recruitment  for  market  research   (we  could  go  on!)   But  new  family  structures  such  as  multigenerational   living  are  changing  the  purchasing  dynamic.  Boomer   parents  are  being  inKluenced  by  their  adult  Millennial   kids  and  vice  versa,  throwing  your  targeting  strategy  into   disarray.  And  when  it  comes  to  toys,  food,  education  or   experiences  for  kids,  it’s  time  to  think  beyond  mums  as  the   key  decision-­‐maker.   It’s  just  as  likely  to  be  Dad.  Or  Dads.  Or  granddad.   Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 24. DON’T LOOK FOR DIFFERENCES, LOOK FOR SIMILARITIES BRAND AND ADVERTISING IMPLICATIONS FALLOUT OR NUCLEAR, FAMILIES SHARE MANY CORE VALUES AND ASPIRATIONS REGARDLESS OF THEIR SHAPE, SIZE OR SEXUALITY. The  deKinition  of  a  family  may  have  changed  but  the   ability  of  brands  to  align  with  what  matters  to  them  has   not. Family  connects  back  to  our  deeper  human  need  for   unconditional  love,  acceptance  and  support.  Family  is   a  place  to  feel  safe  and  completely  validated. Can  you  align  with  the  contemporary  values  shared  by   families  of  all  types?   Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 25. BRAND AND ADVERTISING IMPLICATIONS A WHOLE RANGE OF PRODUCTS AND PROMOTIONS SUB-CONSCIOUSLY IMPLY THAT NUCLEAR IS BEST. You  may  risk  alienating  a  growing  proportion  of  families  -­‐   without  even  realising  it. STOP IMPLYING THAT NUCLEAR IS BEST (WITHOUT EVEN REALISING) From  “family  tickets”  (2  adults,  2  kids)  to  “family”  board   games  (for  four  players),  to  “Mother  and  toddler”  activities   (what  about  my  Dad?  Or  my  two  Dads?),  Fallout  Families   are  surrounded  by  unintentional  signals  that  they  don’t   belong.  Contemporary  brands  will  increasingly  break  down   these  barriers. Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 26. THANK YOU!FALLOUT FAMILIES: THE NEW NUCLEAR Rede$ining  the family  structure thesoundhq.com VANCOUVER TORONTO CHICAGO NEW YORK LONDON MUMBAI Tuesday, November 10, 15
  • 27. SLIDE SITE 1 https://vice-images.vice.com/images/content-images/2015/08/03/a-child-in-the-netherlands-is-going-to-have-five-parents-876-body-image-1438630930.jpg 11 http://www.southernliving.com/home-garden/tiny-homes 12 http://ideas.time.com/childfree/ http://www.betacuts.com/dual-income-no-kids-family-stickers/ 13 http://www.suchablog.com/images/2007-mai/absolut/absolut-world-02.jpg 14 http://www.chambanamoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/RED1-1224.jpg 15 http://www.buzzle.com/images/fashion/family-clothing/family-clothing-in-winter.jpg 16 https://vice-images.vice.com/images/content-images/2015/08/03/a-child-in-the-netherlands-is-going-to-have-five-parents-876-body-image-1438630930.jpg 18 http://www.audiencescan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/multi-generational.jpg 19 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/11/gay-parenting-study-healthy-kids-_n_3421590.html 20 http://aclendinggroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Mortgage-Form.jpg 22 http://www.itv.com/lorraine/hot-topics/footballer-casey-stoneys-double-baby-joy 23 http://www.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/The-new-dads-with-pads_wide.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/n09SejxpcFA/maxresdefault.jpg http://cdn.bols.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/man-tampons.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/03/19/article-2116933-123A60E0000005DC-661_634x840.jpg http://iconosquare.com/p/885637945591914479_231031846 24 http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/files/2012/09/ElderlyEmergency_Banner.jpg 25 http://auniformbrand.com/fiat-500l-redwood-publishing/ www.musicwithmummy.co.uk/ IMAGE REFERENCES Tuesday, November 10, 15