Agreed! I think blanket assumptions the other way are bad as well. > where children stay close to parents all their lives and it is widely felt that the West i

Agreed! I think blanket assumptions the other way are bad as well. > where children stay close to parents all their lives and it is widely felt that the West is doing it wrong. It's interesting to see how close some 1st/2nd/3rd generation European families are, having first hand experience with Italian, Portuguese and Spanish families. It might be only certain parts of the West that is "doing this wrong".