[Callmenorm]

I recently read an article about India being afraid of embracing Western marriage basically for fear that it would lead to the elderly not being cared for.

It's more complicated than that, but it feels like it should be a real concern as India westernizes.

[skadamou]

I’ve been mulling over a similar idea in my head for a couple of weeks now and would love to get someone else’s opinion. Without placing any kind of a moral judgement on the lifestyle choices of others, sometimes I feel like a lot of the social problems the United States faces are exasperated by the small nuclear families that seem to predominate in the US. Large multigenerational families seem better equipped to weather financial insecurity and deal with members of the family that might struggle with mental health issues, both of which seem to play a pivotal role in homelessness and food insecurity. Additionally, there seems to be a general sense of anxiety for young people in the States and while I don’t have any evidence to back up this hypothesis, I think that it might be because millennials tend to be less socialized than older generations. If humans evolved to exist in tight nit tribes, it would make sense that the relative solitude of modern life would breed a sense of malaise.

Obviously most of this post is conjecture but I appreciate any thoughts you might offer on the topic.