Cousins are disappearing. Is this reshaping the experience of childhood?

Canadian children have fewer cousins than previous generations — a growing trend as the decreasing fertility rate causes extended families to narrow over time, sociologists and demographers say.

Cousins are disappearing. Is this reshaping the experience of childhood?
Five children in parkas eat and drink on a rocky beach with mountains in the background. The photo is  older, taken in the 1980s.

Canadian children have fewer cousins than previous generations — a growing trend as the decreasing fertility rate causes extended families to narrow over time, sociologists and demographers say.