Sometimes I wonder if we focus too much on the human family and not enough on the human community. As someone raising kids in a city with no community network,

Sometimes I wonder if we focus too much on the human family and not enough on the human community. As someone raising kids in a city with no community network, no family around, etc - I am acutely aware that it's quite bad for my kids despite my ongoing best efforts. A supportive community can enrich life so much in ways that an isolated nuclear family probably can't. It can offer things parents can't themselves. So in isolation, sure, let's talk about what the best family structure can be and we will certainly discover important things. But I think it has to be one which integrates well socially, and allow community in. Without that there is a lot of lost potential. Just my opinion of course. Perhaps this mostly reflects my own inadequacies, I'm not sure.