I see I’ve been scooped on Barrayar; I concur with the rec and add that the child emperor also spends some time onscreen.
The Inda series by Sherwood Smith, which I read recently, doesn’t feature the mainline protagonists having children during events (well, actually, now that I think of it some of them do get pregnant during, but mostly the kids don’t get born until things are wrapping up) but does have a lot of parent characters who engage in the various bloody battles, political intrigues, etc. that their political situation requires and are otherwise well-fleshed-out. (There’s also normalized polyamory). It’s incredibly long, so you’ll be waiting awhile for any specific features, but by that same token there are lots of different parent-child relationships. That said, it’s centrally about childless-for-most-of-it Inda, so YMMV.
I see I’ve been scooped on Barrayar; I concur with the rec and add that the child emperor also spends some time onscreen.
The Inda series by Sherwood Smith, which I read recently, doesn’t feature the mainline protagonists having children during events (well, actually, now that I think of it some of them do get pregnant during, but mostly the kids don’t get born until things are wrapping up) but does have a lot of parent characters who engage in the various bloody battles, political intrigues, etc. that their political situation requires and are otherwise well-fleshed-out. (There’s also normalized polyamory). It’s incredibly long, so you’ll be waiting awhile for any specific features, but by that same token there are lots of different parent-child relationships. That said, it’s centrally about childless-for-most-of-it Inda, so YMMV.