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Originally Posted by bjones6416
This recent topic (that I started, I guess) has been surprising to me. Maybe it's a regional thing, maybe it's economic, or maybe it's my age group... I don't know.
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And perhaps all of the above! I grew up in NYC. There, because of the insanely high rents it's common for children to live with parents until they get married, or if not married, to remain at home and care for the parents. But when I moved to California in my early 20's I was surprised to find that when a child turns 18, the parents make it almost a party event to help the kids find their own places away from the parents. From that point on, the parents are on their own too. Purely economic. (Obviously there are plenty of families who don't follow this too.)
In S.E. Asia, it is the children's OBLIGATION (as well as delight) to care for ALL the elderly of the family, not just parents. This, even if they have to prostitute themselves to get the money to do so. Purely cultural.
I think this world of ours is a fascinating place!
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Originally Posted by maianhvk
What, nuts? You dare say you took a vacation when we're all working hard to type very on-topic posts about marriage, family and children and religion and politics and whether we should have an adults-only forum here? Where were you when things went bananas?  |
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Originally Posted by aceflor
So with you on that one, Anh ! I even tried to get us all going very south, but Stitch stopped me on time.
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It frightens me to realize that I may have been the Voice of Reason. I may have to surrender my "Hippie ID."
Time for some afternoon High Country Ceylon Uva tea as I prepare to make more noise.
Stitchawl