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It seems like the nuclear family and single parent family have replaced the " extended family living in one area".
Sometimes having a lot of relatives near by (that one likes most of the time) can feel very intrusive - but has our "new ideal" of "being on one's own/independent/distant" been an improvement? |
Our first home had a portable dishwasher that you had to attach to the kitchen faucet. Anyone have one of those?
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Originally Posted by aashley333
(Post 8663309)
Our first home had a portable dishwasher that you had to attach to the kitchen faucet. Anyone have one of those?
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
(Post 8663124)
It seems like the nuclear family and single parent family have replaced the " extended family living in one area".
Sometimes having a lot of relatives near by (that one likes most of the time) can feel very intrusive - but has our "new ideal" of "being on one's own/independent/distant" been an improvement? We have a large immediate and extended family with many living near, and so help and assistance is always near. Never felt any level or sense of any of them being intrusive, and in fact, when I started having babies, my slightly younger sister, my mom, and my dear SIL were integral to supporting me with lots of help. All babysat for me when needed, which proved to be a blessing at times. Speaking of Nuclear families, when I was growing up every mom I knew was a fulltime stay-at-home mom, and children were better off for it. Proper structure, scheduling, and manners were rigidly practiced. It's what's missing today in many families. |
Originally Posted by aashley333
(Post 8663309)
Our first home had a portable dishwasher that you had to attach to the kitchen faucet. Anyone have one of those?
She'd wheel that old wringer washing machine into the kitchen, hook up the faucet, and I'd help her with the washing. I even remember us popping a few pairs of rubber baby pants by accidentally sending the diaper pants through the wringer washing machine rollers the wrong way! They would explode! |
Originally Posted by Endora
(Post 8663418)
I really can't say, but growing up, Nuclear families were the norm, and I believe the lack of true honest-to-goodness Nuclear families is what's missing in today's day and age.
We have a large immediate and extended family with many living near, and so help and assistance is always near. Never felt any level or sense of any of them being intrusive, and in fact, when I started having babies, my slightly younger sister, my mom, and my dear SIL were integral to supporting me with lots of help. All babysat for me when needed, which proved to be a blessing at times. Speaking of Nuclear families, when I was growing up every mom I knew was a fulltime stay-at-home mom, and children were better off for it. Proper structure, scheduling, and manners were rigidly practiced. It's what's missing today in many families. It seems to me there may have been so many positive additions to society that didn't occur because women were kept out of the workforce back in the day. |
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