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Reply to "The "village". Why communal child rearing doesn't translate easily to American culture. "
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]American families value isolation and individualism. A lot of grandparents do not want to take on high level responsibilities in raising grandchildren. A lot of people don’t want their parents living with them unless they are at the point where they are aged and need elder care. [b]A lot of cultures have multigenerational homes[/b], we don’t really do that here. We soon might be forced to due to cost of living, but it is not desired by most people.[/quote] They have multigenerational homes and a “village” to raise a child because they don’t have the resource to live independently. [/quote]
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