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Honestly, the model where families stayed together longer and aging parents lived with their kids as they got older is probably the closest thing to sustainable
by brightball 5y ago
Honestly, the model where families stayed together longer and aging parents lived with their kids as they got older is probably the closest thing to sustainable out there.
The alternative is going to be a huge amount of caretaking career opportunities.
- robjan 5y agoI don't know if that is the answer either. I live in a society where kids are duty bound to provide care for their parents and grandparents as they age. The result is many single people pushing into their thirties who never got to live their own life. When their parents pass they risk living a life devoid of meaning and with nobody to look after themselves.
- tablespoon 5y ago> Honestly, the model where families stayed together longer and aging parents lived with their kids as they got older is probably the closest thing to sustainable out there. Paraphrasing a quote from memory: modern society took an integrated solution, then divided it to create two problems. The original context was something about factory farms. In the past farms were diversified, with animals being raised next to crops, and their waste being easily used as fertilizer. Now it's all specialized and separate: animals being raised at such density that their waste is so concentrated that it can't practically be used for anything; and crops being raised away from animals so they need chemical fertilizers that have to be produced separately. In multi-generational house, raising young kids is easier because the grandparents can do day care, and being old is easier because the younger generations can help you once you're infirm. Separate that out and you have to pay mega $$$ for all those needs.