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that you implicitly reduced family to "partner" says a lot. Not seeing your adult kids or them not seeing you or their grandparents, not maintaining a multi-gen
by Barrin92 4y ago
that you implicitly reduced family to "partner" says a lot. Not seeing your adult kids or them not seeing you or their grandparents, not maintaining a multi-generational and extended family, as used to be the case until very recently is a sad state of affairs in my opinion.
- raarts 4y agoI agree. I think we have taken a wrong turn when we 'decided' to ditch the extended family. As I get older I increasingly feel the deep wish to live with the ones I love in a group. Including my children and their children. This by the way would solve a lot of societal problems we have, including health care, mental health, financial problems, parental care to name a few.
- shriphani 4y agoOne of the greats - Kurt Vonnegut - on this topic: "A few Americans, but very few, still have extended families. The Navahos. The Kennedys." https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/300997-ok-now-let-s-have-some-fun-let-s-talk-about-sex https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/300997-ok-now-let-s-have-so...
- creakingstairs 4y agoI absolutely agree that maintaining a multi generation, extended family is a goal worth having. But the chance of the endeavour succeeding seems to be, anecdotally, around 50%. Some families are just miserable when they are together.