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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know a woman in real life who is essentially trying to make it so her kids never, ever leave home and it is so sad to watch. [b]Mentally healthy parents want to see their kids differentiate and grow and establish their own lives[/b].[/quote]

No, sorry! The entirety of human kind has had multigenerational families. This separation is a symptom of a spoiled America, and it’s damaging in so many ways to all involved.

Yes, a healthy parent wants their child to succeed and be self sufficient, but that’s about that.

[b]Unfortunately Americans have this all wrong, and so many of them suffer from mental illness and take a ton of pills.[/b] For many it could be avoided by having larger and reliant families. [/quote]

There is a lot of unhappiness in multigenerational families as well.

IMO the ideal situation is to live independently in your own home but be close enough to family that you can visit ~weekly and help each other when needed.[/quote]

+1000

Much unhappiness in multi-generational cultures.  Many kids are too invested in "not disappointing their parents" that they simply know no different than to let their parents control their lives---they let them pick almost everything, and the parents often feel entitled to do this because "now it's finally their turn to do it, since they didn't have the choices growing up as their parents did the same thing for them".

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