Welcome to the internet! Good guess - that style of extended family reliance is quite alien to many Americans, often discussed under the topic "collectivism v i

Welcome to the internet! Good guess - that style of extended family reliance is quite alien to many Americans, often discussed under the topic "collectivism v individualism" or a similar name. That aside, there are many other differences in financial expectations and abilities in the two cultures, so a simple comparison of salary amounts isn't a good way to tell if Americans "should be able" to do something that happens in other countries.