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Collaboration--vision and non-negotiables

  Collaboration is most welcome on this project! What I envision: Other writers or actors creating the characters and their backstories , adding in your creativity, telling stories you’ve always wanted to tell within the container of this framework: sustainability and population balancing A variety of perspectives   We feel moved, inspired, eager, passionate, exhilarated, clear, camaraderie I’d like to offer no-name actors a chance to give the performance of a lifetime It’s about the team, not the star It’s an us project, not a me project Non-negotiables: The kid has 10 adults raising her/involved in supporting her even if from a distance, for life committed to having zero additional children.   No fewer than 10 adults I will only travel for this project by bicycle, electric train (east coast corridor), on foot, or by telecommunications.   (I don’t expect others to chang their behaviors, this is just me).   It takes about a month to bike across the country from ...
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_A Kid with 10 Parents_ pitch

In _A Kid with 10 Parents_, climate scientist Jonah Strauch tries to save the world from overpopulation and collapse, and has to deepen in love each time he meets indifference--even his own family. As this one-hour, streaming  drama begins, Jonah is telling one of his grad students his saying that he can only afford to have one 10th of a child with the planet's carrying capacity. But this is only theory until his parents' mortality begins to show, and in a lapse of self-control, he posts the idea online of co-parenting with nine other adults. To his surprise, someone responds--and now he actually has experience being a father. I didn't realize until a few months ago that I want to be a father. I live as sustainably as I can each day, in all my choices, heating with wood, starting to grow my own food. And the odd thing is, it's a lot more joyful than I had feared. But when the "have courage and get your baby" trend started, I felt the poignancy of both sides of...
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  Update on asking advice exercise improved versions: 1: the fun uncle/aunt: pair childless persons with those who have a child and give the child another adult in their life; modification: add communication about how much access the fun relative gets to the child.  And have a good screening process. 2. "adopting" a young adult: adoptee needs to be informed that this is about the elder wanting to pass on their legacy and values (though not requiring they adopt values that they might not agree to, just agree to listen and consider). Prompts for conversations--and include the question of "what do you believe happens after you die?" 3. smartphone game: 10 or more adults play parent to an eleventh person.  Childless or childfree people are welcome to play; you don't have to disclose which one you are, but if you have children you do need to disclose that (at least after the first round).  You have to play and keep your child alive (at least 3 conversations per day) ...
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